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Article content Q I purchased this shallow glass bowl at a garage sale. It is 43 cm in diameter (17 inches), perfect and has an etched signature “Susan A. Point 1996” at the outer edge.
My research indicates that she is a very well known Indigenous artist. I would like to know how much it’s worth. Thanks very much.
Suzanne, Aylmer, Que. Article content A You have found an art treasure of artist Susan Point, also known as Susan A. Sparrow.
She was born in Alert Bay in 1952 and raised in the First Nations community of Musqueam, which lies within the city of Vancouver. Her symbolic work is in the style and tradition of the Coast Salish people – often based on spindle whorls used in spinning wool . Not only is she an officer of the Order of Canada, she also holds the National Aboriginal Achievement Award (now called Indspire Awards) – a h.