Basket Tray Item Number: 91.95.31 from the Portland Art Museum
Description
This basket tray, in the complexity of its design and the quality of its execution, is perhaps the ultimate expression of the Mission basket weaver's art. It was probably made expressly to be sold to a non-Native collector. Fancy Mission baskets destined for the marketplace often incorporated human and animal figures, especially snakes. This complex composition features a lizard in the center with opposing rattlesnakes curling up the sides of the basket. A bat and several quadrupeds with long flowing tails complete the design.
Collection History Provenance
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Item History
- Made by Cahuilla artist during 1915
What
Who
- Culture
- Mission and Cahuilla
- Creator
- Cahuilla artist
Where
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
- Made in
- “Southern California” ?
When
- Creation Date
- during 1915
Other
- Categories
- California; Great Basin; Baskets