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ProvenanceArrowsmith; Elsa Steiner Huff (EH31), Portersville, Pennsylvania; Gunter R. and Doris Schmitz (B125), Buffalo, New York
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 38.
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. 308.
Artist
Maggie Mayo James
(1870 - 1952, Washoe)
Basket
Datec. 1915-1925
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (11.4 × 27.3 cm)
Object numberT0785
Credit LineGift of Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextMaggie Mayo James adapted classic Washoe basket forms to create her unique style and this basket illustrates several of her innovative features. She emphasized a broad shoulder, the widest part of the basket, by weaving a flat top and small base, giving these baskets an almost double saucer shape. Another aspect of her approach was to create a diagonal orientation in her designs. Maggie Mayo James sold her baskets directly to tourists and collectors at Lake Tahoe when there was a great appreciation for the artistry of Washoe baskets in the 1910s and 1920s. James attained forty stitches per inch in some of her finest baskets, displaying the most highly accomplished technical skills of all Washoe basket weavers.ProvenanceArrowsmith; Elsa Steiner Huff (EH31), Portersville, Pennsylvania; Gunter R. and Doris Schmitz (B125), Buffalo, New York
Bibliography"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 38.
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. 308.
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