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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. The two small, pink crosses, made of flicker (woodpecker) quills, may be a maker’s mark. 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
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97877
label
Presentation Bowl
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object
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Source metadata
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97877
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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. The two small, pink crosses, made of flicker (woodpecker) quills, may be a maker’s mark. Made-for-sale baskets testify to Indigenous women’s truly creative, resilient responses to forces that endangered their livelihoods and existence.
date
1880–90
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79482689
genreSpecific
Basketry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 21.5 x 48 cm (8 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
cul
Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone
accession
1917.482
Source extras
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devil's claw, sumac, yucca root, orange-shafted flicker (woodpecker) quills; coiled (2 rod and bundle of deer grass or basket grass)
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Presentation Bowl, 1880–90. Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone. Devil's claw, sumac, yucca root, orange-shafted flicker (woodpecker) quills; coiled (2 rod and bundle of deer grass or basket grass); diameter: 21.5 x 48 cm (8 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.482
collection
AA - Native North America
didYouKnow
The two small, pink crosses on this basket may be a maker’s mark.
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
citation
Bergh, Susan E., "Unburied Treasure", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 45 no. 10, December 2005
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Mentioned & reproduced: 6
creditline
Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
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2026-05-29 05:16:44.598000
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97877
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Native North America
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devil's claw, sumac, yucca root, orange-shafted flicker (woodpecker) quills; coiled (2 rod and bundle of deer grass or basket grass)
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