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From the Heart: Living Basketry Traditions of the Paiute Southwest and Tlingit Northwest Coast
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a special lecture, the Biggs welcomes Dr. Lucy Fowler Williams, Associate
Curator and Senior Keeper of the American Collection at the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Dr. Fowler Williams’ talk
will focus on the craft traditions of the native peoples of the Southwest and
Northwest Coast regions of North America, many of which are featured in the
Biggs’ current traveling exhibit, Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America.”
Pre-registration is recommended by February 27th.
*Image: Tlingit, "Berry Basket," c. 1900, image courtesy of the National Basketry Organization and the University of Missouri
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