A Washoe polychrome basket
Attributed to Maggie Mayo James, degikup form, a single-rod example, worked with flower stems and geometric accents.
height 5 1/4in, diameter 8 5/8in
The attribution to Maggie Mayo James was made by Marvin Cohodas, Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia. In an accompanying document, he writes: "The basket shows James' distinctive adaptation of the pictorial designs of plants introduced by her step mother, Sarah Jim Mayo. As evident in this basket, Maggie stylizes such motifs to blend with alternating geometric motifs."
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Attributed to Maggie Mayo James, degikup form, a single-rod example, worked with flower stems and geometric accents.
height 5 1/4in, diameter 8 5/8in
The attribution to Maggie Mayo James was made by Marvin Cohodas, Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia. In an accompanying document, he writes: "The basket shows James' distinctive adaptation of the pictorial designs of plants introduced by her step mother, Sarah Jim Mayo. As evident in this basket, Maggie stylizes such motifs to blend with alternating geometric motifs."
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