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Not currently on view
- Artist
- Unknown (Yokuts)
- Title
- Basket
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Medium
- Coiled willow, redbud, sedge, and quail feathers
- Dimensions
- 6 x 12 1/2 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
- Accession No.
- 1984.111
- Classification
- Basketry
- Geography
- United States
Related
To 1971, Green Collection; 1971, sold via auction through Parke Bernet [lot #98] (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. 24, no. 17
- Herzog, Melanie. "Aesthetics and Meanings: The Arts and Crafts Movement and the Revival of American Indian Basketry." In "The Substance of Style," edited by Bert Denker. Winterthur, Delaware: Winterthur Museum, 1996. pp. 69-91. p. 81, no. 6
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 105
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1984-1985." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1985. p. 57
- 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. 4
- Denker, Bert. "The Substance of Style: Perspectives on the American Arts and Crafts Movement." Winterthur, 1996 p. 81, no. 6
- American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988
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