Jessie Webster
Canadian (1909 - 1992)
Jessie Webster was a Canadian artist.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an art work attributed to Jessie Webster (1909-1992) was C$2,125 - paid for "Maquinna Hat" at Heffel in Vancouver on Thu, Feb 24, 2022.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their art results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$2,500.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their art results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$2,500.
Jessie Webster grew up in the Nuu-chah-nulth community of Ahousat, British Columbia, and learned the traditional art of basket weaving from her mother and others in the village. Maquinna hats were worn by high-ranking members of the Nuu-chah-nulth, and were were named after a powerful chief who participated in the negotiations between the Spanish and British explorers in the late 1700s, during their conflict over who would claim the land on the northwest coast that became British Columbia.