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ProvenanceLarry Wendt, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.251.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 271.
Culture
Yavapai
Basket
Date1915-1920
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 10 1/4 in. (35.6 × 26 cm)
Object numberT0475
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextSturdy and lightweight baskets were the most important type of container for the Yavapai. The baskets became a trade specialty and they were traded with other native groups and sold through Anglo traders for the tourist market. This coiled basket is made of devil’s claw and willow stitched around a three-rod foundation—a typical Yavapai construction. The Western Apache and the Yavapai tribes live together on several Arizona reservations and their baskets are very similar in form, material, and design. This basket’s pictorial design includes humans and deer.ProvenanceLarry Wendt, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.251.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 271.
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