Bowl
- Date
- c.1910
- Material
- Grass, sedge, and bracken fern
- made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Basketry
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 8 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (21.9 x 46.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Western Art Purchase Fund
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 40:1987
NOTES
Bold, serrated lines burst from the center and twist across the surface of this bowl. Once created for daily use in cooking and storage, coiled baskets from the Sierra Nevada transformed into compelling artistic works in the late 19th century. This basket was purchased at Sequoia National Park in the years around World War I (1914–1918).