by Artist (2)
Pima Artist
Basket Gambling Tray, c. 1910
Grass and wood
x 16 15/16 in. ( x 43 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American, Arizona
Technique:
Basketmaking (Coiling)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward H. Angle
Accession Number:
P1911
Hemispherical basket gambling tray with a flat base. Coiled construction with a wrapped edge. Tessellate and line geometric pattern in dark brown on buff.
Materials
cattail, willow sapwood and devil's claw
Commentary
Baskets of this shape were used by the Pima for parching grain or for food preparation. THe geometric pattern is called "turtle-back." -from the Native American Art from the Permanent Collection catalog, 1976
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 36, fig. 75.
Provenance
Angle Collection.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Ways of Seeing/Exhibiting American Indian Art: The Pomona College Collection Montgomery Gallery , 1/19/1994 - 3/20/1994
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Native American Art from the Permanent Collection.
Native American Art from the Permanent Collection
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges.
Claremont, CA, 1979
Page Number: 36, Figure Number: 75
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