Lizzie Peters
 
"Lizzie was born between 1865 and 1870, the daughter of Toby and Mariah."
"While Lizzie's major artistic production coincides with the earlier phases of Dat So La Lee's career, her baskets fall more within Washoe tradition.  Lizzie's degikup retains the small size, simple shape, and relative coarseness of stitching, and she rarely uses redbud in the designs.  Her arrangements of broad zigzags and alternations of spaced motifs appear to be elaborations of designs found on early cooking and storage baskets.  Lizzie's elaboration of traditional patterns represents an alternative approach to that of her more famous contemporary, and one which was to have an equal influence on succeeding artists."

Picture and Text From the book: "Degikup" By Marvin Cohodas

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