The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 24, 2022

Food Bowl

1900–1905

Great Basin, 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

231 Native North American

Fun Fact

This basket mingles 19th-century design features with 20th-century innovations, including the construction method.

Description

This basket is unfinished; it should have a band around the rim. It may be that an eager collector purchased it before it was complete. The basket mingles 19th-century features—for instance, the use of filler designs between the vertical columns—with 20th-century innovations, including the construction method.

Citations
"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
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/1917.499