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Burden basket

Date: 1983

Artist or Maker: Evalena Henry

Dimensions:

Overall: 35 x 42.5 cm (13 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)

Medium: willow ? | sumac ? | leather | metal, tin

Credit Line: Indian Arts Research Center purchase for the permanent collection, 1983.

Object Number: SAR.1983-8-2

Not on view

DescriptionTwined burden basket of scraped willow or sumac weathered to a gray color. Two-rod foundation; two bands of sawtoothed pattern creating a white band between them. Four stag designs in white area; leather at rim and connecting strips to circular patch sewn to bottom; hanging strips tipped with tin cones.

In Collection(s)

Works by IARC Artist Fellows

Bibliography:

"Indian arts collection helps tribes to maintain cultural continuity"

Southwestern Indian Baskets

Pg. 72
Fig. Plate 8

Indian Basketry Artists of the Southwest

Pg. 40
Fig. N/A

The Art of the Native American

Pg. 79
Fig. N/A

Santa Fe Indian Market

Pg. 167
Fig. N/a

The Art of Basket Making

Pg. 1
Fig. N/A

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