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Source 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.
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Document identity
localId
97900
label
Presentation Bowl
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
97900
contentType
object
title
Presentation Bowl
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.
date
1900–1905
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79482720
genreSpecific
Basketry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 20.7 x 44.6 cm (8 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.)
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Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone
accession
1917.499
Source extras
tec
Willow, devil's claw, yucca root; coiled ( 3 rods)
tombstone
Presentation Bowl, 1900–1905. Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone. Willow, devil's claw, yucca root; coiled ( 3 rods); overall: 20.7 x 44.6 cm (8 1/8 x 17 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.499
collection
AA - Native North America
didYouKnow
This basket mingles 19th-century design features with 20th-century innovations, including the construction method.
citations
citation
"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 65
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 406
citation
Crawford, Virginia. “Artistic Basketry of the North American Indian.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 7 (September 1986): 278–297.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 294, fig. 25
creditline
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
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2026-06-02 11:23:17.286000
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97900
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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Willow, devil's claw, yucca root; coiled ( 3 rods)
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1
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0
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photo
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