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Oblong baskets like this one, which range in size from miniatures to examples more than four feet long, are sometimes said to have been used by native doctors to store medicines and paraphernalia such as rattles. This one, however, probably was made not for native use but for sale to a turn-of-the-century collector.
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97875
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Doctor's Basket, Canoe- shaped
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97875
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Doctor's Basket, Canoe- shaped
description
Oblong baskets like this one, which range in size from miniatures to examples more than four feet long, are sometimes said to have been used by native doctors to store medicines and paraphernalia such as rattles. This one, however, probably was made not for native use but for sale to a turn-of-the-century collector.
date
1890
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79482687
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Basketry
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Overall: 14.5 x 44 cm (5 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
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California, Pomo, 19th century
accession
1917.48
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coiled, with shell and yellow glass beads
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Doctor's Basket, Canoe- shaped, 1890. California, Pomo, 19th century. Coiled, with shell and yellow glass beads; overall: 14.5 x 44 cm (5 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.480
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AA - Native North America
citations
citation
"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
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Mentioned: p. 65
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Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
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2026-05-29 05:16:39.557000
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97875
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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coiled, with shell and yellow glass beads
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