Basket
Panamint artist, Basket, ca. 1920, willow, yucca, and desert bulrush, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection, no known copyright restrictions, 91.95.42
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- Title
Basket
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1920
- Medium
willow, yucca, and desert bulrush
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
5 in x 7 1/2 in diam.
- Collection Area
Native American Art
- Category
California
Baskets
- Object Type
basket
- Cultural Group
Shoshone
- Tribe/Nation
Panamint
- Credit Line
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection
- Accession Number
91.95.42
- Copyright
no known copyright restrictions
- Terms
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.