Английская Википедия:Ada Thomas

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Ada Thomas (July 31, 1924 – September 6, 1992) was a Chitimachan basket weaver who excelled in double-weave, split rivercane basketry. She was honored as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1983. Examples of her weaving are housed in the permanent collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of International Folk Art, among others.

Early life

Ada Vilcan was born on July 31, 1924, on the Chitimacha Reservation, near Charenton, Louisiana, to Jane Bernard and Henry Vilcan. The fourth child in the family,Шаблон:Sfn her siblings were Alvin, Hollansworth, Esta/Esther, Raymond and Janet.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Through the eighth grade, Thomas attended the reservation elementary school, where she also learned the Chitimacha basket weaving techniques from elders, Christine Navarro Paul and her sister-in-law Pauline.Шаблон:Sfn[Notes 1] The baskets woven by Chitimacha women are unique in that the patterns on the inside and outside are different, as two separate baskets are woven and joined at the rim.Шаблон:Sfn Using split cane, known locally as piya, dyed with natural walnut, "la passiance" plant root and lime to produce the traditional black, red and yellow colors, the strips are woven to produce designs of traditional animals of the bayou. Alligators, blackbird's and cow's eyes, hearts, perch, snakes, and turtles are recurring motifs.Шаблон:Sfn The plain interior basket is woven first and once the rim is reached, the basket is turned and woven from the rim back to the bottom bringing in the colored design.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

After graduating from the reservation school, Vilcan moved to New Orleans, where she worked in an aircraft plant dedicated to the war effort.Шаблон:Sfn Though schools were segregated and Native Americans were not allowed to attend black or white high schools,Шаблон:Sfn government policy allowed plant workers to attend night school. Working by day and attending school at night, Vilcan was able to earn her high school diploma.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Upon completing her schooling, she traveled the country, working at various jobs in Washington, D. C., New York City and Miami, Florida. In Miami, she met and married a jeweler and former New York City port official, Charles Thomas,Шаблон:Sfn with whom she had three sons: Arthur, Charles Henry, and Raymond.Шаблон:Sfn

When her husband died, Thomas returned to the Chitimacha Reservation in 1970, to raise her young sons.Шаблон:Sfn While they attended school, she revived the basket weaving craft she had learned as a child.Шаблон:Sfn The poverty which had plagued the tribe during the Great Depression when she left the area, had been replaced by prosperity with the growth in the oil industry. While the growth helped her tribal people economically, it also led to abandonment of their traditional crafts. Determined to save their unique basket weaving techniques, Thomas partnered with Stephen Richmond of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to prepare a show held at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Richmond helped her secure funds to teach others the techniques, though she had little success in the early days.Шаблон:Sfn In 1983, she was one of the artisans honored as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Thomas taught basket weaving techniques at schools in CharentonШаблон:Sfn and attended many festivals, like the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Folklife Festival hosted by the Smithsonian, to both show her works and demonstrate the craft.Шаблон:Sfn In her later years, she produced works primarily for privately held collections and museums.Шаблон:Sfn

Death and legacy

Thomas died on September 6, 1992, in Charenton.Шаблон:Sfn Examples of her weaving are housed in the permanent collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art,Шаблон:Sfn the Louisiana Folklife Program,Шаблон:Sfn the Metropolitan Museum of Art,Шаблон:Sfn the Museum of International Folk Art of Santa Fe, New MexicoШаблон:Sfn and the collections of the Department of the Interior.Шаблон:Sfn

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