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Basket weavers for the California curio trade : Elizabeth and Louise Hickox
- Title
- Basket weavers for the California curio trade : Elizabeth and Louise Hickox / Marvin Cohodas.
- Author
- Cohodas, Marvin.
- Publication
- [Tucson] : University of Arizona Press ; [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Southwest Museum, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | E99.K25 H533 1997 | Off-site |
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- Southwest Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Description
- xvii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- The peoples of northwestern California's Lower Klamath River area have long been known for their fine basketry. Two early-twentieth-century weavers of that region, Elizabeth Hickox and her daughter Louise, created especially distinctive baskets that are celebrated today for their elaboration of technique, form, and surface design. Marvin Cohodas explores the various forces that influenced Elizabeth Hickox, analyzing her relationship with the curio trade, and specifically with dealer Grace Nicholson, to show how those associations affected the development and marketing of baskets.
- Through its close examination of these superb practitioners of basketry, Basket Weavers for the California Curio Trade addresses many of today's most pressing questions in Native American art studies concerning individuality, patronage, and issues of authenticity. Graced with historical photographs and full-color plates, it reveals the challenges faced by early-twentieth-century Native weavers.
- Subjects
- Art objects > Collectors and collecting > California > History
- Basket making > Klamath River Valley (Or. and Calif.) > History
- Karok baskets > Collectors and collecting > California
- Indian basket makers > Klamath River Valley (Or. and Calif.) > Biography
- Karok women > Biography
- Hickox, Louise Merrill, 1896-1962
- Hickox, Elizabeth Conrad, 1872-1947
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-342) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Baskets and the Late Victorian Curio Trade -- Ch. 2. Conventional Discourses and New Approaches -- Ch. 3. The Hickoxes, Society, and History in the Lower Klamath Region -- Ch. 4. The Hickox Baskets in Relation to Lower Klamath Weaving -- Ch. 5. Frames for Reception -- Ch. 6. The Hickox Baskets in the Field of Production -- Ch. 7. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0816515182
- 9780816515189
- LCCN
- 97004814
- OCLC
- ocm36767584
- 36767584
- SCSB-9702936
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- Princeton University Library