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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2012 School for Advanced Research.

"The Bingo One"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2012 School for Advanced Research.

"The Bingo One"

Date: 2011
Artist or Maker: Linda Aguilar (b. 1946)
Dimensions:
Large basket: 7.6 × 15.9 cm (3 × 6 1/4 in.)
Small basket: 2 × 3.3 cm (13/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Bingo cards: 14.6 × 8.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
Medium: horse hair | waxed linen | shell | wood | plastic | paper | glass beads | dye | paint
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2011.
Object Number: SAR.2011-10-1A-Q
Not on view
DescriptionA multi-media basketry installation group. One large red, white, and black horsehair basket with a fringe of shells, bingo game pieces, buttons, seed beads, glass beads, and pieces of cut up credit cards. One small red horsehair basket with white seed beads. Accompanied by a set of five bingo cards, five game wooden pieces, two white and black plastic dice, two green plastic sequins, and one abalone button. The red horsehair in the baskets was dyed with red Rit dye. The black and the cream-colored horse hair are their natural colors. The cream-colored hair came from a palomino horse. The shells on the larger basket include dentalium (the long, conical-shaped white shells), abalone, olividae, and other unidentified shells.

Parts:
A-Large basket
B-Small basket
C-Bingo card (has the number 3 below the N in the word "BINGO")
D-Bingo card (has the number 5 below the N in the word "BINGO")
E-Bingo card (has the number 6 below the N in the word "BINGO")
F-Bingo card (has the number 8 below the N in the word "BINGO")
G-Bingo card (has the number 12 below the N in the word "BINGO")
H-White plastic die with black dots (has a tiny black dot below (or above) one of the black dots on the 6 side; a small black scratch on the corner where the 5, 4, and 1 sides meet)
I-White plastic die with black dots (has two tiny black scratches on the edge between the 6 and 3 sides)
J-Square, unpainted wooden tile chip with the number "O 75" printed on it in black
K-Round wooden bingo tile with a red painted border and the number "B 15" painted on it in red
L-Round wooden bingo tile with a red painted border and the number "I 22" painted on it in red
M-Round wooden bingo tile with a red painted border and the number "I 28" painted on it in red
N-Blank round wooden bingo tile
O-Abalone shell button
P-Plastic green sequin (the larger one)
Q-Plastic green sequin (the smaller one)
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
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