Woven Legacies: Basketry of Native North America Now on View at SFO

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Woven Legacies: Basketry of Native North America
Now on View at SFO
 

SAN FRANCISCO –  Over thousands of years, the Native peoples of North America perfected the art of basket weaving. A new exhibition now on view at San Francisco International Airport, Woven Legacies: Basketry of Native North America, explores the history, diversity and beauty of this ancient craft.

The nearly 100 objects featured in the exhibition, which date from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth century, illustrate the variations in basketry styles and weaving techniques employed by the different Native peoples of North America. Works on view come from across the North American continent, including the Arctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, California, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast regions. 

The exhibition also explores the many forms and uses of basketry by the Native peoples, such as utilitarian items, ceremonial pieces and objects made for the tourist trade. Items on display range from traditional plaques, bowls and gambling trays to whimsical rattle-lid baskets and woven teakettles.

Woven Legacies: Basketry of Native North America is located pre-security in the International Terminal Main Hall, and is on view twenty-four hours a day through September 2009. There is no charge to view the exhibition.

Images from the exhibition are available at http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/about/news/pressres/exh-basketry.

Woven Legacies: Basketry of Native North America was made possible through a generous loan from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, with special thanks to Research Anthropologist, Ira Jacknis.

San Francisco Airport Museums

The San Francisco Airport Museums program was established by the Airport Commission in 1980 for the purposes of humanizing the Airport environment, providing visibility for the unique cultural life of San Francisco, and providing educational services for the traveling public. The Museum was granted initial accreditation from the American Association of Museums in 1999, reaccredited in 2005, and has the distinction of being the only accredited museum in an airport.  Today, the San Francisco Airport Museums features approximately twenty galleries throughout the Airport terminals displaying a rotating schedule of art, history, science, and cultural exhibitions, as well as the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum, a permanent collection dedicated to the history of commercial aviation.

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