Contrary Black Box in a White Basket with Three Black Stripes and Five Missing Abalone Pendants inside the Basket

Colyn Spurrell, Linda Aguilar, Contrary Black Box in a White Basket with Three Black Stripes and Five Missing Abalone Pendants inside the Basket, 1994, basket: open stitched coiled horsehair with waxed linen thread and abalone pendants box: goat rawhide, felt, waxed linen thread, glass beads, and abalone discs, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Shirley and Marshall Jacobs, 1996.52A-B
Linda Aguilar, Colyn Spurrell, Contrary Black Box in a White Basket with Three Black Stripes and Five Missing Abalone Pendants inside the Basket, 1994, basket: open stitched coiled horsehair with waxed linen thread and abalone pendants box: goat rawhide, felt, waxed linen thread, glass beads, and abalone discs, a (basket): 3 1⁄4 x 8 3⁄8 in. (8.3 x 21.4 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Shirley and Marshall Jacobs, 1996.52A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Contrary Black Box in a White Basket with Three Black Stripes and Five Missing Abalone Pendants inside the Basket
Artists
Date
1994
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
a (basket): 3 1⁄4 x 8 3⁄8 in. (8.3 x 21.4 cm) diam.
Credit Line
Gift of Shirley and Marshall Jacobs
Mediums
Mediums Description
basket: open stitched coiled horsehair with waxed linen thread and abalone pendants box: goat rawhide, felt, waxed linen thread, glass beads, and abalone discs
Classifications
Object Number
1996.52A-B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1996.52A-B

Works by this artist (3 items)

John Wesley Jarvis, Commodore Isaac Chauncey, ca. 1814, oil on panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.23
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Artist
Dateca. 1814
oil on panel
Not on view
John Wesley Jarvis, William McIntyre, early 19th century, watercolor, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.22
William McIntyre
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Dateearly 19th century
watercolor, pen and ink and pencil on paper
Not on view
John Wesley Jarvis, Mr. Nichol, 1809, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1942.2.1
Mr. Nichol
Artist
Date1809
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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