id:			97847
accession number:	1917.454
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.454
updated:		2022-03-03 10:00:11.411000

Olla (Vase) 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:				Olla (Vase) Shaped Basket
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creation date:			1910
creation date earliest:		1910
creation date latest:		1910
current location:		231 Native North American
creditline:			Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
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culture:	Great Basin, Timbisha Shoshone (Panamint)
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 was the last native basket weaver to live in the Saline Valley on the northwest edge of Death Valley National Park. Her basketry production is noted for geometricized zoomorphic motifs reminiscent of animals depicted in petroglyphs on canyon walls in the region. Here the motifs include pronghorn mountain sheep, deer, birds, and humans.
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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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