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Artist
Unknown (Yakama)
Title
Basket
Date
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Coiled cedar root and bark, bear grass, and horsetail root
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Anne and Brad Orvieto
Accession No.
1984.179
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

1971, sold by Fred Rosenstock (Denver, CO) to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst (Glenview, IL) and [their daughter] Anne Orvieto (Miami, FL); December 1984, gifted by Anne and Brad Orvieto (Miami, FL) 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. 26, no. 30
  • 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. 4

  • Resource & Ruin: Wisconsin’s Enduring Landscape: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/19/2022–3/26/2023
  • American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988

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