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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Presentation Bowl

1900–1905

Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha Shoshone

(Panamint)
Willow, devil's claw, yucca root; coiled ( 3 rods)
Overall: 20.7 x 44.6 cm (8 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price 1917.499
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 65 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 406 archive.org
  • Native North America. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).
    Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3, 2015-August 15, 2016).
  • {{cite web|title=Presentation Bowl|url=false|author=|year=1900–1905|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.499