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Title: Exhibit explores work of native glass artists. (All My Relations).
Author: Cheryl Petten
Publication: Wind Speaker (Newsletter)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 21Issue: 3Page: S9(2)

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During the last decade, there has been an electrifying basket renaissance across much of the Southwest-an explosive burst of creativity and innovation documented in this volume. Presented are the contemporary baskets and basketmaking traditions of southwestern tribes including the Haulapai, Havasupai, Yavapai, Western Apache; the Jicarilla Apache, the Ute, San Juan Paiute, and Navajo; the Tohono O'odham and Akimel O'odham; the Pueblos of New Mexico; and Hopi of Arizona. ... Read more

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Especially for those who enjoy fine silverwork
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What started as a hobby for Clark Field, a Tulsa businessman, the collecting of Native American basketry soon became an obsession resulting in a collection of more than one thousand baskets. Field’s goal to “collect authentic specimens of baskets made for actual use by all basket-making tribes” resulted in a collection of extraordinary baskets that tell of the remarkable adaptability of native peoples and how basketry enabled many of their traditions and values to continue.

Following Clark Field’s travels in his endeavor to amass his collection, we learn about the weavers and their baskets from eight major cultural areas: the Southwest, California, the intermountain West (including the Great Basin and Plateau), the Northwest Coast, Arctic and Subarctic, Prairie and Plains, the Eastern Woodlands (including the Northeast and Great Lakes), and the Southeast. A color map in each chapter enhances the description of the area and its indigenous cultures, historical information, and a discussion of basket weavers, including some interviews with weavers and/or their families.

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