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Exhibition History"As They Saw It: Women Artists Then & Now," Springfield Museums, Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, October 14, 2023 - January 14, 2024; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, April 1, 2024 - September 2, 2024.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 56.
Jemison, G. Peter, and Jolene Rickard. Where We StandL Contemporary Haudenosaunee Artists. Bloomfield, NY: Big Pond Printing, 1997, n.p.
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. 55.
Artist
Florence Katsitsienhawi Benedict
(Mohawk, 1931 - 2019)
Hair of Mother Earth
Datec. 1997
MediumSweetgrass, black ash
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 12 in. (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Object numberT0757
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextEncircled by long strands of braided sweetgrass, this globe basket represents Mother Earth and signifies the important relationship between the earth and all that she sustains. Benedict’s technical control is remarkable, with the nearly perfect circular form made of sweetgrass and black ash splint. Contemporary artists such as Benedict explored and continue to explore the boundaries of traditional basketry arts which Haudenosaunee women have excelled in for centuries.Exhibition History"As They Saw It: Women Artists Then & Now," Springfield Museums, Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, October 14, 2023 - January 14, 2024; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, April 1, 2024 - September 2, 2024.
ProvenancePurchased from the artist
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 56.
Jemison, G. Peter, and Jolene Rickard. Where We StandL Contemporary Haudenosaunee Artists. Bloomfield, NY: Big Pond Printing, 1997, n.p.
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. 55.
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