Cleveland Museum of Art

Presentation Bowl

Date

1900

Medium

redbud, bracken fern; coiled, grass foundation

Culture

Native North America, California, Yokuts

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This fine bowl was created by a weaver of the Yokuts, who lived in California’s San Joaquin Valley to the west of Koso (Panamint) Shoshone territory. Shared design motifs indicate contact between the two areas. For instance, the humans who appear to be holding hands in one register on this basket also occur on a small Koso (Panamint) Shosone basket in the collection. This fine bowl was created by a weaver of the Yokuts, who lived in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

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