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Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2004 - April 11, 2004.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, May 9, 2017 - October 8, 2017.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, October 13, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceAbe and Amy Cohn, The Emporium Company, Carson City, Nevada; Gottlieb A. Steiner (F1), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Elsa Steiner Huff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William S. Huff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
BibliographyCarson City News, March 15, 1914.
Cohodas, Marvin. Degikup: Washoe Fancy Basketry1895-1935. Vancouver: Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, 1979, p.31, fig.30.
Zigmond, Maurice. "Gotlieb Adam Steiner and the G.A. Steiner Museum." Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. Vol.1, No.2 (1979): p.328, fig.6.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.284.
Fognell, Eva. “Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.” Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p.105, 107-108.
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. 307.
Artist
Scees Bryant Possock
(c. 1858 - 1918, Washoe)
The Ferns
Datec. 1904
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (19.1 × 26.7 cm)
Object numberT0752
Credit LineGift of Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label Text
Scees Bryant Possock was the sister-in-law and close associate of the famous basketweaver, Louisa Keyser. Like Keyser, she sold her baskets through the Emporium Company in Carson City, Nevada. This spherical basket is executed in tight rows of fine stitching. Western redbud and bracken fern root were used to form the red-and-black designs on the willow background. The seven vertical motifs are evocative of feathers or ferns.Exhibition History"American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum," Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20, 2004 - April 11, 2004.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, May 9, 2017 - October 8, 2017.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, October 13, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
American Indian Art from the Fenimore Art Museum: The Thaw Collection, Mitchell Gallery, St John's College, Annapolis, MD, February 28, 2020 - April 26, 2020.
ProvenanceAbe and Amy Cohn, The Emporium Company, Carson City, Nevada; Gottlieb A. Steiner (F1), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Elsa Steiner Huff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William S. Huff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
BibliographyCarson City News, March 15, 1914.
Cohodas, Marvin. Degikup: Washoe Fancy Basketry1895-1935. Vancouver: Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, 1979, p.31, fig.30.
Zigmond, Maurice. "Gotlieb Adam Steiner and the G.A. Steiner Museum." Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. Vol.1, No.2 (1979): p.328, fig.6.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.284.
Fognell, Eva. “Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection.” Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p.105, 107-108.
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. 307.
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