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Plaited Basket (leRa)

Date1900-30

Maker Susan Wawatkin Bedal Sauk, 1865-1947

Label TextBedal was raised on a mixed Native/non-Native homestead started by her father, Wawetkin. Her life was a cultural bridge that spanned the two worlds of the old ways and those introduced by outsiders. She took her baskets on the train to Everett, Washington, to sell to settlers and tourists, and taught her daughters Jean and Edith the art of basketmaking.

Object number2005.101

Photo CreditPhoto: Beth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, S'abadeb - The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists, October 24, 2008 - January 11, 2009; Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC, November, 2009 - March, 2010 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The View From Here: The Pacific Northwest 1870-1940, July 1, 2004 - March 27, 2005

Credit LineGift of Jean Bedal Fish and Edith Bedal, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions12 x 14 x 13 1/2in. (30.5 x 35.6 x 34.3cm)

MediumCedar bark, cedar root, beargrass