Coiled Polychrome Basket with Turtle Motif

Sally Black

About Sally Black: (Born 1959, Navajo) Sally Black is a legendary award-winning basketmaker. Often she chooses to incorporate pictorial designs depicting human figures, deer, dogs, eagles, horses and turtles.

Black was taught to fashion baskets by her mother, Mary Holiday Black. Subsequently Sally Black has shared her techniques with a range of Navajo students.

This artists has been described over the equivalent of an entire page of Gregory Schaaf's publication American Indian Baskets I 1,500 Artist Biographies. Fourteen of this creator's baskets are illustrated in color in this unique publication.

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About the Artist	(Born 1959, Navajo) Sally Black is a legendary award-winning basketmaker. Often she chooses to incorporate pictorial designs depicting human figures, deer, dogs, eagles, horses and turtles. Black was taught to fashion baskets by her mother, Mary Holiday Black. Subsequently Sally Black has shared her techniques with a range of Navajo students. This artists has been described over the equivalent of an entire page of Gregory Schaaf's publication American Indian Baskets I 1,500 Artist Biographies. Fourteen of this creator's baskets are illustrated in color in this unique publication.
Culture	Arizona, Navajo, Women Artists
Style	Whimsical
Medium	Yucca and sumac
Size	14 1/2" diameter X 2 height
Coil count	3 per inch
Stitch count	8 per inch
Signed	tag identifies weaver and year produced
Date of creation	2006
Condition	Mint !
Provenance	B Nib

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