Gathering of Nations Item Number: 2011.5 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
This traditional, coiled basket is created especially for the Museum for the tipi exhibition by the artist Carol Emarthle-Douglas. On a natural background, it depicts eleven different women, each wearing the traditional dress of her Tribe, or Nation. In her hands she extends out a three dimensional basket woven in the style of her people as if to present it to the entire world. This is reflected exactly the same on the inside where she extends her basket as if to her community of basket makers. Four different basket making techniques are represented and materials are as follows by Nation: Seminole-One-rod coiling- one coiled pine needle, wrapped with raffia Haida- Twining- Red and Yellow cedar bark, commercial dye Pomo-One rod coiling-Round reed wrapped with raffia, various colors Navajo- One rod coiling- Round reed wrapped with raffia, various colors Yakima-One rod coiling- Round reed wrapped with raffia, various colors Nez Perce-Twining-Waxed linen thread in brown, green and white Northern Arapaho-One rod coiling, Coiled cloth wrapped with wire core, wrapped silk thread Ojibwa-Bending bark, Cherry bark, artificial sinew, etched design Penobscot- Twining- Black ash, sweet grass Chitimacha-Twill- Black ash, yellow cedar Cherokee- Twill-Yellow cedar, dyed yellow cedar
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund
Label
This coiled basket is anything but traditionally executed. It was created especially for the Museum by the artist. Around the exterior it depicts eleven different women, each wearing the traditional dress of her tribe or nation. Each woman holds a three-dimensional basket woven in the style of her people and, facing outward, presents it to the world. The circle of women is repeated on the interior, where they compose a community of basket makers and present their baskets to each other.
Item History
- Made by Carol Emarthle-Douglas during 2010
What
- Name
- Gathering of Nations
- Identification Number
- 2011.5
- Type of Item
- gathering
- Material
- waxed linen thread, single-rod hemp core, yellow cedar wood, reed, raffia, sweet grass, pine needle, silk thread, cherry bark and artificial sinew
- Overall
- length 7.0 in, width 11.5 in, height 11.5 in
Who
- Creator
- Carol Emarthle-Douglas
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- during 2010
Other
- Classification
- Vessel