Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Sarah Hunter’s basketry is noted for geometricized motifs reminiscent of the animals depicted in petroglyphs on canyon walls in the Death Valley region. Here they include pronghorn mountain sheep, deer, and birds, along with humans, all created in light-brown bulrush against a honey-colored willow ground. Traditional Indigenous basket weavers, who have exhaustive knowledge of the plant world, tend, harvest, and prepare their own materials. If stages of the process are not done properly and at the right time, color will be uneven and stitches will twist and split.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
97847
label
Jar-shaped Basket
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
97847
contentType
object
title
Jar-shaped Basket
description
Sarah Hunter’s basketry is noted for geometricized motifs reminiscent of the animals depicted in petroglyphs on canyon walls in the Death Valley region. Here they include pronghorn mountain sheep, deer, and birds, along with humans, all created in light-brown bulrush against a honey-colored willow ground. Traditional Indigenous basket weavers, who have exhaustive knowledge of the plant world, tend, harvest, and prepare their own materials. If stages of the process are not done properly and at the right time, color will be uneven and stitches will twist and split.
date
1910
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79482645
creators
57365
genreSpecific
Basketry
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 12.5 x 18.5 cm (4 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
cul
Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley
accession
1917.454
Source extras
tec
Willow, bulrush; coiled (3 rods)
tombstone
Jar-shaped Basket, 1910. Sarah Hunter (Timbisha Shoshone (Panamint), 1883–1967). Willow, bulrush; coiled (3 rods); overall: 12.5 x 18.5 cm (4 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.454
collection
AA - Native North America
didYouKnow
Some Timbisha Shoshone women continue traditions of basket weaving to the present day.
citations
citation
"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 65
creditline
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:16:34.787000
sourceId
97847
dept
Art of the Americas
coll
AA - Native North America
med
Willow, bulrush; coiled (3 rods)
creatorTags
female
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
45b1edd0c63c9d08