Attributed to Adela Peers -- British Columbia 1893-1977 --- Basketry Cradle before 1930
In the early to mid-twentieth century Indigenous basket makers began expanding their repertoire of shapes and styles for collectors. Many new forms, including tea cups, suitcases, hand bags and basketry cradles emerged. This coiled cedar root cradle, with a pattern of mainly canary grass with several repeat of alternating cherry bark and grass, was recently attributed to Peters. Her daughter, Joan Chapman, recognized its design as one she had inherited from her mother.
Attributed to Adela Peers -- British Columbia 1893-1977 --- Basketry Cradle before 1930
In the early to mid-twentieth century Indigenous basket makers began expanding their repertoire of shapes and styles for collectors. Many new forms, including tea cups, suitcases, hand bags and basketry cradles emerged. This coiled cedar root cradle, with a pattern of mainly canary grass with several repeat of alternating cherry bark and grass, was recently attributed to Peters. Her daughter, Joan Chapman, recognized its design as one she had inherited from her mother.