Deer grass and juncus

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.

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.

This object has the following keywords:

• Dancing
• Human Figures

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

• Overall Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 15 x 13 1/2 in. (6.35 x 38.1 x 34.29 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• 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

This object is a member of the following portfolios: