Jeweler Made Vintage Washoe Indian Basket Sterling Silver Earrings
Jeweler Made Vintage Washoe Indian Basket Sterling Silver Earrings
$110.00
Fantastic Native jeweler made Indian basket earrings in the style of Wahoe weaver Louisa Keyser, or Dat So La Lee (c. 1829 - December 6, 1925). She was a celebrated Native American basket weaver. A member of the Washoe people in northwestern Nevada her basketry came to national prominence during the Arts and Crafts movement and the "basket craze" of the early 20th century. Many museums of art and anthropology preserve and display her baskets, such as the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. These are marked ‘STERLING’ and measure 1.5” x 1”.
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