by Artist (5)
Luis' Wife
Basket, 1914
Juncus and grass (plant material)
2 1/2 x 15 x 13 1/2 in. (6 x 38 x 34 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American, California
Technique:
Basketmaking (Coiling)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Emil P. Steffa
Accession Number:
P1207
Oblong, hemispherical basket with a flat base. Made with coiled construction. "The center…a bed of coals (black, with light brown flames.) Figures of men and women in a circle represent a dance around the fire."
Materials
Deer grass and juncus
Commentary
This basket is a modified se-whal-lal, oval in shape and untraditional in design motifs. It was made by a Chemehuevi basket maker. The Chemehuevi were driven from their homelands on the Colorado River by the Mojave in the late 1800s. Eventually, most of them drifted back to their homes, where a reservation was established for them. A few, however, remained in the Coachella Valley, on Cahuilla reservations, where their basket makers adopted many aspects of Cahuilla basketry technique.
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 83 (illustrated/bw) fig. 277.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Ways of Seeing/Exhibiting American Indian Art: The Pomona College Collection Montgomery Gallery , 1/19/1994 - 3/20/1994
- A Symmetrical Aesthetic: Southern California Indian Baskets Clark Humanities Museum, Scripps College , 3/19/2001 - 5/13/2001
- In Our Care: Institutional History in Material Form Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College , 12/15/2020 - 5/16/2021
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 15 x 13 1/2 in. (6.35 x 38.1 x 34.29 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Native American Art from the Permanent Collection.
Native American Art from the Permanent Collection
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges.
Claremont, CA, 1979
Page Number: 83, Figure Number: 277
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