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ProvenanceGene Quintana, Carmichael, California; Jack D. Antle, Durango, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.63.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.264.
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. 291.
Culture
Upper Lake Pomo
Basket
Datec. 1910
DimensionsOverall (Without handle): 2 × 11 1/2 in. (5.1 × 29.2 cm)
Overall (With handle): 12 × 11 1/2 in. (30.5 × 29.2 cm)
Object numberT0140
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThese baskets, with their glowing mosaics of brilliant feathers, were often called "jewel" baskets and were used by the Pomoans as gifts to friends or to present to honored persons (c.f. Feder 1965, pl.31). In older days, they were burned at funerals or buried with their makers. This example was made with three rod coiling sewn with splints of sedge root. The feathers were gathered from the red crests of acorn woodpeckers, the green head feathers of mallards, white fluffies from other water birds, and the black crest plumes of California quail to embellish the basket rim. It was also decorated with white clamshell beads and short dangles ending with abalone shell pendants. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)ProvenanceGene Quintana, Carmichael, California; Jack D. Antle, Durango, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.63.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.264.
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. 291.
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