The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2023

Jar-shaped Basket

c. 1900–1910

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

Willow, bulrush, yucca root; coiled (3 rods)

Overall: 14.3 x 22 cm (5 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price 1917.466

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The figures woven in the lower register of this basket were borrowed from basketry of the Yokuts.

Description

The figures woven in the lower register of this basket were borrowed from basketry of the Yokuts, a California group that lived to the west of Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone territory.

Citations
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 65 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3, 2015-August 15, 2016).

Native North America Basket Rotation (Native North America rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.466