Fannie King, Untitled
Fannie King
1946-
Diné (Navajo)
Date
c.2003
Classification
Basket
Dimensions
15 x 15 x 2 in. (38.1 x 38.1 x 5.1 cm)
Accession Number
2018.35.35.112
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Biography
Fannie King has been making coiled baskets since the 1960s. Born Fannie Bitsinnie around 1946, she was raised in a Dinè family in Monument Valley, AZ. She married a Paiute and moved to Navajo Mountain, where the San Juan Paiutes, including her sister-in-law Edith King, had a tradition of basketmaking. Fannie King taught the art to her four daughters.
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