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Artist
Unknown (Pomo)
Title
Basket
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Willow, sedge, bulrush roots, glass beads, and quail feathers
Dimensions
5 H x 10 diam. in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
Accession No.
1984.108
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

Morley Reed Gottshall Collection; to 1971, Green Collection; 1971, sold via auction through Parke Bernet [lot #86] (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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 44
  • Herzog, Melanie, "Gathering Functions, Gathering Meaning: American Indian Baskets at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." In Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997, Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 44, no. 3

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