Never Broken Installation Shot - Impressions of Lenapehoking

Pictured:

Painting:
"Ahchipaptunhe, Hàki – Earth, Dirt, Ground or Soil," 2023. Acrylic on canvas, 63 x 88 inches. Courtesy of the artist 

Baskets, left to right:
Artist Unknown, Stamped Basket, 1880–early 20th century. Splint wood and dye, 10 1/4 x 13 ½ x 13 ½ inches. Courtesy of the New Jersey State Museum, Charles A. Philhower Collection, 1970

Artist Unknown, Stamped Basket, 1880– early 20th century. Splint wood and dye, 10 x 14 x 14 inches. Courtesy of the New Jersey State Museum, Charles A. Philhower Collection, 1970

Beginning in the 1700s, Lenape craftspeople began producing specific baskets and woven items such as mats to trade with European settlers. It is even noted in historical texts that Teedyescunk, one of the chiefs who signed a 1758 treaty relinquishing land claims south of the Raritan River in New Jersey, was able to support himself through making baskets. These two baskets are made using a similar technique and design as baskets produced 100 years earlier with colorful stamped patterns of leaves and radiating circles.