Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection at the Philbrook Museum of Art
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design
September 9 - December 31, 2006
Background
The Clark Field collection of American Indian baskets is notable not only for its breadth - over 1000 baskets from 142 American Indian cultures - but also for the means by which the baskets were collected. Part of the story of this collection is Clark Field himself and how a middle-aged Tulsa businessman traveled the country collecting the baskets he loved, in many cases from their creators, from 1915 up into the 1950s. The other part of the story - the most important part - is the story of the baskets themselves and their makers - the story of Woven Worlds.
Internet Sources
- Alaskan Basket Weaver This site explains some of the history of native Alaskan basketweaving, the mathematics that are embodied within it, and enables creating your own basket designs with Alaskan Basket Weaver software.
- National Basketry Organization The NBO News, the organizational newsletter, is at the MMCD Library in print form.
- Native Basketry: Survival, Beauty this web site has been around awhile and has not been updated for a long time, but it still has lots of good information and links. Check out the extensive bibliography.
- Native American Basketry Besides the loads of good information, try the Basket Design Concentration game!
- The Most Famous Basket Weaver in the World The story of Dat So La Lee also known as Louise Keyser.
- Native Web Resources: Basketry Excellent collection of links from NativeWeb.
- The Language of Native American Baskets From the Weaver's View From the National Museum of the American Indian, the site which was created to accompany the 2005 exhibition. Excellent resource.
- Collecting and Change in Native American Basketry by John Kania. The collector's perspective; and an interesting one at that.
- Hands On Crafts Check out the basketry video and try to make a basket at the online crafts studio created for children of all ages by The Mint Museums and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
Special Resources for Teachers
Books in The Mint Museums Library
- Dalrymple, Larry. Indian Basketmakers of the Southwest: the Living Art and Fine Tradition. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2000.
- Hill, Sarah H. Weaving New Worlds: Southeastern Cherokee Women and Their Basketry. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
- James, George Wharton. Indian Basketry. New York: Dover, 1972.
- Lamb, Dr. Frank W. Indian Baskets of North America. Riverside, CA: Riverside Museum Press, 1972.
- Miles, Charles. American Indian and Eskimo Basketry: a Key to Identification. San Francisco: Pierre Bovis, 1969.
- Naylor, Maria. Authentic Indian Designs. New York: Dover, 1975.
- O'Neal, Lila M. Yurok-Karok Basket Weavers. Berkeley: Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, 1995.
- Philbrook Museum of Art. Woven Worlds: Basketry from the Clark Field Collection. Albuquerque, NM: Philbrook Museum of Art, 2001.
- Sudduth, Billie Ruth. Baskets: a Book for Makers and Collectors. Madison, WI: Hand Press Books, 1999.
- Tanner, Clara Lee. Indian Baskets of the Southwest. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1983.
- Turnbaugh, Sarah Peabody and William A. Turnbaugh. Indian Baskets. West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1986.
- Wade, Edwin L., ed. The Arts of the North American Indian. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986.
Even more!
All the books listed above can be found on the Exhibition Cart in the library at The Mint Museum of Art. In addition, the library has magazine articles, from such publications as American Indian Art, and teacher resources. Call or email the librarian (704-337-2023 or jweaver@mintmuseum.org) to set up a time for you to come by!
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