Basket
Chiricahua Apache
Apache
Southwest
probably late 19th century
Willow, cottonwood, and devil's claw
Overall: 13 9/16 × 10 5/8 in. (34.5 × 27 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lydia G. Hutchinson, in memory of her husband, Paul Lockhart Hutchinson, Class of 1920
181.18.26259
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Label
The cross shapes on this basket reference the four directions—north, south, east, and west. Vertical zigzags evoke lightning, which accompanies thunderstorms that bring lifegiving waters. Inspired by the natural world, the artist incorporated these forms onto a beautiful and utilitarian object. Does this basket vase remind you of something in your own home portraying rain, or perhaps something with images of foods and flowers that are sustained by rains?
From the 2023 exhibition Liquidity: Art, Commodities, and Water, curated by Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Course History
First Year Student Enrichment Program - Cultures, Identities and Belongings, Francine A'Ness, Summer 2023
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2023
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2023
Art History 40.01, American Art and Identity, Mary Coffey, Fall 2023
Creative Writing 10.02, Writing and Reading Fiction, Katherine Crouch, Fall 2023
Geography 11.01, Qualitative Methods, Emma Colven, Fall 2023
Geography 2.01, Introduction to Human Geography, Coleen Fox, Fall 2023
Geography 31.01, Postcolonial Geographies, Erin Collins, Fall 2023
English 30.01, African and African American Studies 34.01, Early Black American LIterature, Michael Chaney, Winter 2024
Writing 5.06, Image and Text, Becky Clark, Winter 2024
Writing 5.07, Image and Text, Becky Clark, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Liquidity: Art, Commodities, and Water, Israel Sack Gallery and the Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 14, 2023-June 16, 2024.
Provenance
Collected by Andrew H. Paton (1848/49-1916) [Great Incohonee, Improved Order of the Red Men], possibly between 1894-1896; given to his granddaughter Lydia [Mrs. Paul L.] Hutchinson, given to present collection, 1981.
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