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JAY BRABANT (1970-) CREE, VICTORIA, B.C.
Bumblebee Mask, March 1986
cedar wood, cedar bark, cotton thread, and acrylic paint, 16 x 7 x 12 in (40.6 x 17.8 x 30.5 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with inset stingers and fringe
inscribed, titled, dated, "Kwag-uilth / Bumble bee / Jay Brabant / 3/86".
Provenance
Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto.
Jay Brabant – son of carver Gene Brabant – is of Cree descent and was trained in the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw style. Renowned for his meticulous, sharp cuts and vibrant painting, Brabant's creations honour the legacy of the great carving masters. The featured mask, made when Jay was just sixteen years old, illustrates the one from the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Bumblebee dance, which is often the first dance in which children would participate in in the Winter Ceremonial among the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw. In this dance, a procession of bees, each smaller than the last, led by their parents, is marched on the stage. The narrative unfolds as one child, temporarily lost, is eventually found by the father bee amongst the crowd where he is led home to the ‘beehive.’
Bumblebee Mask, March 1986
cedar wood, cedar bark, cotton thread, and acrylic paint, 16 x 7 x 12 in (40.6 x 17.8 x 30.5 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with inset stingers and fringe
inscribed, titled, dated, "Kwag-uilth / Bumble bee / Jay Brabant / 3/86".
Provenance
Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto.
Jay Brabant – son of carver Gene Brabant – is of Cree descent and was trained in the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw style. Renowned for his meticulous, sharp cuts and vibrant painting, Brabant's creations honour the legacy of the great carving masters. The featured mask, made when Jay was just sixteen years old, illustrates the one from the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Bumblebee dance, which is often the first dance in which children would participate in in the Winter Ceremonial among the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw. In this dance, a procession of bees, each smaller than the last, led by their parents, is marched on the stage. The narrative unfolds as one child, temporarily lost, is eventually found by the father bee amongst the crowd where he is led home to the ‘beehive.’
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JAY BRABANT, CREE, Bumblebee Mask, March 1986
Estimate CA$1,000 - CA$1,500
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CA$700
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Inuit & First Nations Art | May 2024
Toronto, ON, CA
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