COILED YUCCA "ROSE BECKER" TRAY
Maker unknown, around 1930s
Gift of the Ethel Alvira Stone Estate, 1959.
(ASM #E-4338)

This tray with a handle resembles the type of basket that appear in the photograph of Goldie's step-granddaughter assumed to date to around 1930s. Swastikas appear both on this basket and on several pictured. This pan-Indian symbol was commonly incorporated into all kinds of Native crafts around the turn of the century, until the association with Nazism put swastikas out of favor.

SHELL FIGURE AND BROOCH
Made by Goldie Richmond, date unknown
On loan to ASM from private collection.

Goldie always struggled to earn a living at the trading post. She fashioned shell jewelry and figurines from the seashells collected from the beaches on the Gulf of California (about 100 miles southwest of San Simon) for sale to tourists passing through.

TIE QUILT
Courtesy of Norine Dickey and Mary Estes, 1940s.

During World War II it was considered unpatriotic to wear silk because of a perceived connection to Japan. Women packed away their silk scarves and men gave up their silk ties. A group of O'odham men, in a patriotic gesture, cut off their ties, even though many of the neckpieces were not made of silk at all. These ties were all given to Goldie who saved them and stitched them into a quilt top. Using the basic shape of the tie, she pieced them into an elongated honeycomb design. Goldie later gave the Tie quilt to Norine Dickey, a friend in Ajo, Arizona.