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Mary Pinto with Basket
Grace Carpenter Hudson American
Not on view
Born in Potter Valley and raised in Ukiah, the artist was the daughter of Aurelius and Helen Carpenter, who were among the earliest White settlers in the region. After a period of study at the California School of Design in San Francisco, she married ethnologist John Hudson, who encouraged her to paint works featuring local Pomo peoples. In this posthumous portrait of renowned Yokayo weaver Mary Pinto (ca. 1835–1906), Hudson depicted her sitter coiling a basket tray. Pinto belonged to a generation of Pomo weavers who practiced both coiling and twining. She taught these techniques to her daughter, Joseppa Pinto Dick, who also achieved widespread recognition for her work, notably for her miniature baskets (examples of which are on view in a nearby case).
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