Willie Seaweed

Willie Seaweed (* around 1873 in Nugent Sound , British Columbia , † 1967 in Blunden Harbor ) was a wood carver of the Canadian indigenous people, the First Nations . Other names of the artist were Hiłamas , Kwaxitola , Xandzasamudy , Yakulala , Mukwitalasuu and Smoky-Top .

Life

Seaweed was a wood carver of the Kwakiutl , the northern Kwakwaka'wakw . He made many objects that were used in the society of his time, such as carving totem poles , decorated wooden houses, masks and pipes, as well as carving small totem poles that were sold to tourists.

Public collections

The following is a selection of museum and ethnological collections that have Seaweed works:

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture , Seattle, Washington
Canadian Museum of History , Gatineau, Quebec
Central Washington University , Ellensburg, Washington
Denver Art Museum , Denver, Colorado
Denver Museum of Nature and Science , Denver, Colorado
Detroit Institute of Arts , Detroit, Michigan
Glenbow Museum , Calgary, Alberta
McMichael Canadian Art Collection , Kleinburg, Ontario
Menil Collection , Houston, Texas
Museum at Campbell River , Campbell River, British Columbia
Museum of Anthropology , Vancouver, British Columbia
Royal British Columbia Museum , Victoria, British Columbia
Seattle Art Museum , Seattle, Washington
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian , Washington, DC

literature

Bill Holm : Smoky top. The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed. University of Washington Press, Seattle 1983. ISBN 978-0-888-94401-6
Seaweed, Willie. In: Roger Matuz: St. James Guide to Native North American Artists. St. James Press, 1998. ISBN 978-1-558-62221-0
Gerald R. McMaster: Willie Seaweed . In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . July 8, 2007.

Web links

Commons : Willie Seaweed - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Willie Seaweed in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Willie Seaweed ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved August 22, 2016.

Hiłamas (Willie Seaweed) americanindian.si.edu

Individual evidence

↑ Bill Holm: Smoky Top. The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed. University of Washington Press, Seattle 1983.
^ Colin S. MacDonald: A dictionary of Canadian artists. Vol. 8, Part 1, Canadian Paperback Publishing, Ottawa 1996. ISBN 978-0-919-55423-8
↑ Gerhard Hoffmann: In the shadow of the sun. Contemporary Indian and Eskimo art in Canada. Hatje Cantz Verlag , Stuttgart 1988. ISBN 978-3-893-22014-4

personal data
SURNAME	Seaweed, Willie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hiłamas; Kwaxitola; Xandzasamudy; Yakulala; Mukwitalasuu; Smoky top
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian wood carver from the Kwakiutl people
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nugent Sound , British Columbia
DATE OF DEATH	1967
Place of death	Blunden Harbor

[1] Bill Holm: Smoky Top. The Art and Times of Willie Seaweed. University of Washington Press, Seattle 1983.

[2] Colin S. MacDonald: A dictionary of Canadian artists. Vol. 8, Part 1, Canadian Paperback Publishing, Ottawa 1996. ISBN 978-0-919-55423-8

[3] Gerhard Hoffmann: In the shadow of the sun. Contemporary Indian and Eskimo art in Canada. Hatje Cantz Verlag , Stuttgart 1988. ISBN 978-3-893-22014-4