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Saffron Tlingit Basket
Saffron Tlingit Basket

Saffron Tlingit Basket

Artist Preston Singletary Tlingit, born 1963
Date2016
MediumBlown and sand-carved glass
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 19 × 20 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (48.3 × 52.1 × 49.5 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Wallace Newton
Object number2023.5.3
On View
On view
Published ReferencesNancy Strickland Fields, Rose Simpson and Stephen Fadden, To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2024), illus. (color) 161, cited 176.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art." March 2-July 28, 2024.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," November 18, 2024-present.
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