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Biography of Datsolalee
Name: Datsolalee
Birth Date: 1835
Death Date: 1925
Place of Birth: Nevada, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: basket maker
Datsolalee
One of the most famous weavers in the world, Datsolalee (1835-1925) was a major influence on the evolution of Washo fancy basketry and is recognized as the greatest basket weaver and designer among the Washo people.Born in Nevada's Carson Valley of unknown parentage in 1835, Datsolalee learned the skills of traditional Washo basketry, perfecting the intricate design that used up to 36 stitches to the inch. Datsolalee was married twice, first to a Washo man named Assu, by whom she had two children, and second to Charley Keyser in 1888. With her marriage to Keyser, Datsolalee took the name Louisa. However, it was her friendship with and patronage from a man named Dr. S. L. Lee of Carson City in the 1860s that earned her the nickname Datsolalee--a name she was known by for the remainder of her life.In 1851, disaster struck the Washo tribe when it was attacked by the Northern …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Datsolalee worked until her death in 1925 in Carson City at the age of 90. She experimented considerably with design, technique, and color, and, as Marvin Cohadas pointed out in "The Breitholle Collection of Washoe Basketry" in American Indian Art magazine, was a pioneer in "introducing most of the innovations that characterize the Washo fancy or curio style, including the incurving spheroid degikup basket form, fine stitching, two-color design and expanded pattern area." Five years after her death, one of Datsolalee's baskets sold for ,000. In the 1990s, her baskets were considered collectors' items and sold for close to 0,000. Further Reading Dockstader, Frederick J., Great North American Indians, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.Leitch, Barbara A., A Concise Dictionary of Indian Tribes of North America, Reference Publications, 1979.Terrell, John Upton, American Indian Almanac, World Publishing, 1971.Waldman, Carl, Who Was Who in Native American History, Facts on File, 1990.American Indian Art, 1, autumn 1976; 4, autumn 1979; 9, autumn 1984.Newsweek, December 13, 1993.
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