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Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

40 x 40

Acrylic on stretched canvas

6000.

An exceptional basket weaver, Mamie Gregory (1867-1947) a Panamint Shoshone who was born and lived in Death Valley, CA, wove exceptional baskets decorated with lizards, spirals and butterflies which earned her the name Madame Butterfly.  You can read more about her and my Indian Women Portrait series on my web site.

 Indian Women Portraits  

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Dat so la lee

Queen of the Washoe Basketmakers

Five portraits of Dat so la lee, Queen of the Washoe Basketmakers by Pamela Hunt Lee.  Though this incredibly talented weaver lived in Nevada, she spent summer days on the California side of Lake Tahoe.  Read about her and my process in many of my blog posts:  click here to go to my blog

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