Diane Dittemore on Virtual Basketry Panel

When: Saturday, February 17, 2024

Time: 1 p.m., EST

Where: Register for Zoom

Diane Dittemore joins Edward A. Jolie and August Wood in a virtual discussion, “Continuing Textile Traditions: Basketry in the North American Southwest, from Prehistory to Now,” presented by Weave a Real Peace. Dittemore, author of Woven from the Center, Native Basketry in the Southwest, will share her unique perspective on baskets, with topics ranging from the ancient, historic and contemporary cultural contexts from which they stem, and efforts to make study and interpretation more culturally inclusive. Diane Dittemore is an associate curator of ethnology at the Arizona State Museum, where she has worked for more than forty years. She was lead curator for the 2017 permanent exhibit Woven through Time: Native Treasures of Basketry and Fiber Arts.

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About the book:

Woven from the Center presents breathtaking basketry from some of the greatest weavers in the Southwest. Each sandal and mat fragment, each bowl and jar, every water bottle and whimsy is infused with layers of aesthetic, cultural, and historical meanings. This book offers stunning photos and descriptions of woven works from Tohono O’odham, Akimel O’odham, Hopi, Western Apache, Yavapai, Navajo, Pai, Paiute, New Mexico Pueblo, Eastern Apache, Seri, Yaqui, Mayo, and Tarahumara communities.

 

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