Spruce Root Rattle
DESIGN:
Bear Paw
Bear Paw
PRICE:
SOLD
SOLD
SIZE:
6 1/2" x 3" x 3"
6 1/2" x 3" x 3"
With yellow cedar, abalone, maidenhair fern, sun bleached wheat grass stems, garnet, and feathers.
The design depicts a bear paw track during berry season. The triangular shapes represent salmon berries, a band of three string twining represents the sky, a band of two string twining represents the earth, and the garnets also represent the salmon berries.
The three concentric circles at the top of the rattle is Isabel’s signature, they represent her three sons.
Isabel belongs to the Raven clan and was taught how to weave by her grandmother, Selena Peratrovich, back in the mid 1960's. Her mother, Primrose Adams, is also noted for her weaving. Isabel uses spruce root, natural grasses, and maiden hair fern to create woven hats and baskets. She is well known for her impeccable spruce root hats. In 2001, Isabel was a finalist for the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts. In 2009, she won the British Columbia Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art. Isabel has been included in many significant exhibitions including 'Topographies' at the Vancouver Art Gallery (1996) and 'Native Visions' at the Seattle Art Museum (2002).
