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ProvenanceClaire Zeisler, Chicago, Illinois; Morning Star Gallery, 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.276, 280.
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. 301.
Culture
Panamint-Shoshone
Basket
Datec. 1910
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Object numberT0145
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Label TextFor many years, the Panamint-Shoshone, in the area of Death Valley, California, have made beautiful baskets with some of the most refined weaving among Native Americans. During the 19th century, the color was generally yellow-tan with simple geometric designs and a few life figures in black devil’s claw splints. The yellow-tan was stitching of willow or sumac, and touches or red were added with Joshua tree root. The coils were made with three rods, two rods, and a single grass stem, or a rod wrapped with grass (cf. Bernstein 1979, p. 73, fig. 9). This basket is made with three rods, and the design of the traditional rim ticking is done with devil’s claw. The unusual form, called bottleneck jar, was probably used to hold nuts, treasures, or even water. In addition, its unused condition and experimental qualities suggest it was made to sell. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)ProvenanceClaire Zeisler, Chicago, Illinois; Morning Star Gallery, 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.276, 280.
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. 301.
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