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Show i , Indian Artist Dead Reno, Nevada. Dat-So-La-Lee, one of the few artists of her vanishing race, whose task of weaving the le- ! gendury history of the Washoe Indian tribe into basketry gained her nation-i nation-i al fame, was buried in the little In dian cemetery near the Carson Indian school at Stewart. Dat-So-La-Lee. 1 whose death came after medicine men and white doctors had been unable un-able to give her relief, was said to be .the finest basket weaver of her race. Specimens of her work are on display at the Smithsonian Institute, the Carnegie Car-negie Institute and other museums throughout the country. Some of her work is valued at ?5000 and during her life of more than ninety years she completed only fifty baskets. Buried with her is an unfinished basket, said to be the fittest she had ever started. It was placed in the grave at her re- ! quest. |