Pictorial Textile

Isabel John, Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American

1980s

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Vertical woven paper basket with round mouth and square bottom, in Cherokee water pattern; paper dyed shades of blue, lavender, and black. Photograph of Tuckasegee River in central band; text written on paper weaving strips drawn from David Archimbault's speech to United Nations in response to Dakota Access Pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
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