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Jar-shaped Basket
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Jar-shaped Basket

c. 1900–1910 · willow, bulrush, yucca root; coiled (3 rods)

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The figures woven in the lower register of this basket were borrowed from basketry of the Yokuts, a California group that lived to the west of Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone territory.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineJar-shaped Basket, c. 1900–1910. Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley, Timbisha (Panamint) Shoshone. Willow, bulrush, yucca root; coiled (3 rods); overall: 14.3 x 22 cm (5 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price, 1917.466

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