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Among its most innovative practitioners was Charles Rohlfs, whose hand-carved tall back chair with an organic, tendril-like back and elaborately worked stretcher is exceptional for its design and execution. Weaver Kitty Johnson’s coiled basket with  a stylized rattlesnake motif, made around the same  time, also exhibits expert craftsmanship, and her wares were avidly sought by Anglo-American collectors. While similar baskets traditionally featured abstract designs, Johnson was encouraged by Anglo promoters to incorporate naturalistic motifs to appeal to customers who, in a problematic expression of  anti-modernism during a time of increased commodification, preferred to maintain a characterization of Native Americans as bound to nature.\n","remarks":"AMER-STR_23-27_CLA   Day 1 Cataloguing Group chat for y1972-25 and 2021-14"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Ruby Richardson, Victorville (CA), 1907/1924-1954; by inheritance within the Richardson family, 1954-April 23, 2001 [1]; [Butterfield’s, San Francisco (CA), April 23, 2001, Lot 8142]; purchased by Gene Quintana through the above sale, April 23, 2001 [2]; purchased by Wayne A. Thompson, Phoenix (AZ), 2007-2021 [3]; [sold through Patrick Houlihan, as agent for Wayne A. Thompson]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.  [1] The Richardson family lent the object to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.  [2] Information provided by Wayne A. Thompson. [3] Wayne A. Thompson lent the object to the Chemehuevi Cultural Center in Havasu Lake (CA).","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1905,"sortnumber":"2021   14","published_date":"2026-02-11 14:50:51.748644","objectid":137731,"dimensions":"h. 53.3 × diam. 50.8 cm (21 × 20 in.)","on_view":true}