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ProvenanceCoffmans' Fine Antiques, Palm Springs, California; private collection, California; Maid in America Antiques, Mill Valley, California
BibliographyAdvertisement for Coffmans Fine Arts. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.13, No.4 (Autumn 1988: 14)
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.273.
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. 294.
Attributed to
Petra Pico
(1834 - 1918, Chumash)
Tray
Datec. 1880-1890
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 × 15 1/4 in. (4.1 × 38.7 cm)
Object numberT0146
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe Chumash made some of the finest baskets in Southern California. Women prepared and presented food on large trays such as this one. Several Chumash basket makers are known by name, but only two works have been documented to one basket maker, Petra Pico. Although this basket has several technical features that are intriguingly similar to two documented Pico baskets, not enough is known yet to identify this basket as her work.ProvenanceCoffmans' Fine Antiques, Palm Springs, California; private collection, California; Maid in America Antiques, Mill Valley, California
BibliographyAdvertisement for Coffmans Fine Arts. American Indian Art Magazine. Vol.13, No.4 (Autumn 1988: 14)
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.273.
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. 294.
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