Hat

20th century

First Nations, Haida, yahgu 'laanaas Raven clan, born 1955

Elaborately patterned using virtuoso weaving techniques prevalent along the Northwest Coast, Isabel Rorick's work reveals generational transfer of knowledge from her great-grandmother Isabella Edenshaw and the enduring legacy of weavers in her family. The three cylindrical basketry rings symbolize great wealth and status, and the three concentric circles on the top ring are the signature of the artist.

Spruce root

10 3/4 in. (27.31 cm)

, base: 14 1/4 in.

, top: 3 1/4 in.

Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund

94.102

Provenance: Snow Goose Gallery, Seattle, Washington; purchased by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1994

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Native Visions: Northwest Coast Art, 18th Century to the Present, October 1, 1998 - January 31, 1999.

Published ReferencesBrown, Steven C., Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Century, Seattle Art Museum, 1998; p. 172.

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

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