Olla

ca. 1900

Western Apache, Native American

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About the Artwork

American Indian baskets were used for storage; as serving dishes; for transporting grain, wood, and water; and for ritual or ceremonial use. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tourists and traders began collecting baskets. The impact of this cash economy upon basket production resulted in innovations and modifications of older shapes and designs. This type of jar-shaped basket (olla) represents a new form produced specifically for sale to tourists. Skillfully decorated with animal figures and geometric motifs, this exceptionally large basket displays the compact stitching and smooth, even texture associated with Western Apache basketry.

Title Olla

Artwork Date ca. 1900

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Native american

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Western apache

Medium Willow, devil's claw (martynia), white wood

Dimensions Overall: 27 7/8 × 23 inches (70.8 × 58.4 cm)

Classification Baskets

Department Indigenous Americas

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stroh and the Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 79.179

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Provenance

(George Everett Shaw, Shaw Indian Art, Snowmass, Colorado, USA). (Jerold L. Collings, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) but assigned 1979 number

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 58, no. 4 (1980): 180 (ill.).

“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit News, April 29, 1984, p. 13 (ill.).

Tanner, Clara Lee. Apache Indian Baskets. Tucson, 1982, p. 121 (ill.).

Penney, David W. and George C. Longfish. Native American Art. Southport, CT, 1994, pp. 122-123.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Western Apache, Native American, Olla, ca. 1900, willow, devil's claw (martynia), white wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stroh and the Stroh Brewery Foundation Fund, 79.179.