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Presentation Bowl

1900–1905

Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone

Medium
Willow, devil's claw, yucca root; coiled ( 3 rods)
Measurements
Overall: 20.7 x 44.6 cm (8 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price 1917.499
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This basket mingles 19th-century design features with 20th-century innovations, including the construction method.

Description

This basket was made for the Euro-American collectors’ market in the early 1900s but it is modeled on basketry bowls from which the Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone once served food. When used indigenously, the main view would have been of the interior. Made-for-sale baskets testify to Indigenous women’s truly creative, resilient responses to forces that endangered their livelihoods and existence.
A wide, open-mouthed bowl flares outward from a small base. The vessel's surface alternates between vertical bands of reddish-brown and light tan. Sharp, black sawtooth patterns edge the brown panels, while pairs of black diamonds are stacked within the tan strips. Fine horizontal ridges from the coiling process rib the entire vessel. These rhythmic geometric motifs repeat across the interior and exterior, emphasizing the bowl's symmetrical, tightly woven form.

Presentation Bowl

1900–1905

Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone

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