Akimel O'odham (Pima)
Basket
Akimel O'odham (Pima), c. 1920
Scroll
Akimel O'odham (Pima)
Basket
Akimel O'odham (Pima), c. 1920
Physical Qualities
Willow, devil's claw, 10 5/8 × 14 3/16 in. (27 × 36 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.B.172
Florence Winslow and her husband collected nearly all of their baskets between 1923 and 1931 while living in Hayden, Arizona. While the collection notes do not identify the name of the woman who made this basket, they state that her parents were Pima ('O'odham) and Papago (Tohono 'O'odham), and the basket is described: "Ostrich design, Indians made designs from things they saw...around them at one time there was an ostrich farm near the reservation."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore Museum of Art, "And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky," September 18-November 13, 1977
Katzenberg, D. S. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977, no. 271, p. 142
