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Mission Gambling Tray

Mission Gambling Tray

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Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Native American)
Title
Mission Gambling Tray
Date
late 19th century (possibly)
Medium
Coiled grasses and possibly sumac
Dimensions
diam: 14 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
Accession No.
1984.131
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

Morley Reed Gottshall Collection; to 1971, Green Collection; 1971, sold via auction through Parke Bernet [lot #64] (New York) to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst (Glenview, IL); November 1984, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Gordon, Beverly and Melanie Herzog. "American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience," Elvehjem Museum of Art, exh. cat., 1988. p. 21, no. 6
  • Women's Studies Research Center University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Full Circle: The Women of Color in the Curriculum Project." The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992 no. 1

  • American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988

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