id:			97847
accession number:	1917.454
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.454
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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

title:				Jar-shaped Basket
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creation date:			1910
creation date earliest:		1910
creation date latest:		1910
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creditline:			Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
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culture:	Native North America, Great Basin, California, Death Valley
technique:	Willow, bulrush; coiled (3 rods)
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Native North America
type:		Basketry
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CREATORS

* Sarah Hunter (Timbisha Shoshone [Panamint], 1883–1967)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 18.5 cm (4 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation
	opening date:   2015-08-03T04:00:00
	<i>Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3, 2015-August 15, 2016).

	title:		Native North America (Native North America rotation)
	opening date:   2021-12-04T05:00:00
	<i>Native North America (Native North America rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 4, 2021-December 4, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Sarah Hunter was the last Native basket weaver to live in the Saline Valley on the edge of Death Valley National Park.

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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 65
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136092

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