Basket Item Number: 91.95.41 from the Portland Art Museum
Description
Panamint baskets are usually coiled and are traditionally decorated with geometric designs. Tick marks around the rim are another traditional element. By about 1920 the designs on Panamint baskets were becoming increasingly complex, incorporating figurative motifs such as humans, birds, animals, and butterflies.
Collection History Provenance
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Item History
- Made by Panamint artist and Shoshone artist during 1890
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 91.95.41
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- split willow foundation and dyed bulrush root
- Overall
- height 3.0 in, diameter 7.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Shoshone and Panamint
- Creator
- Panamint artist and Shoshone artist
Where
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
- Made in
- “Eastern California” ?
When
- Creation Date
- during 1890
Other
- Categories
- California; Baskets