Donald Ellis Gallery Named Top Booth at Frieze Masters
Artsy editors praise the exhibition for bringing a contemporary perspective to historical Native American art
ca. 1860
handspun churro wool, raveled bayeta, indigo and cochineal dyes
height: 55"
width: 79"
Inventory # S1050
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Collected by Edmund Bell in Ouray, Colorado, from Chief Ouray, a Ute, in the late 1870's. Bell reportedly befriended Ouray while acting as a contractor for the construction of Indian Agency buildings on a reservation.
Donald Ellis Gallery catalogue, 2007, pgs. 20-21
Brasser, Ted. J. Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2009, pg. 203
Artsy editors praise the exhibition for bringing a contemporary perspective to historical Native American art
$35.00 USD