The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 26, 2022

Shouldered jar, oval

1900–1910

Great Basin, Timbisha Shoshone

(Panamint)

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

231 Native North American

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 Koso (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 (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