Box

2010

Debra Box (Southern Ute), Box, 2010. Cowhide, pigment, wool; 10½ x 20 x 13 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition fund, 2010.497

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A modern version of an old form, this box was created specifically for the Denver Art Museum. Debra Box explains that she chose blue for mountain slopes and predatory animals such as grizzly bear, wolf, and coyote; red to symbolize spring, the basins, and the weasel’s domain; and yellow for summer or the mountain lion’s domain. The black outline represents winter and the rattlesnake’s domain and the white background the sky and the eagle’s domain.

Artist

Debra Box, Southern Ute, American, 1956 -: Work Locations: Colorado

Culture

Ute | southern

Country

United States

Object

parfleche, box

Medium

Cowhide, pigment, and wool

Dimensions

height: 10.5 in, 26.6700 cm; width: 20 in, 50.8000 cm; depth: 13 in, 33.0200 cm

Inscription

signed on underside, in ink "Debra K. Box Nov. 2010"

Credit Line

Native Arts acquisition funds

Department

Native Arts

Collection

Indigenous Arts of North America

Accession Number

2010.497

Known Provenance

The Artist; purchase, Denver Art Museum, 2010.

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