by Artist (44)
Cassie Boniface
Basket, 1913
Juncus and grass (plant material) and dye
x 11 in. ( x 28 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American, California
Technique:
Basketmaking (Coiling)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Emil P. Steffa
Accession Number:
P1240
Hemispherical basket with a flat base. Coiled construction. Six-color decorative motif based on a central seven-pointed star.
Materials
juncus, deer grass, sumac and dye
Commentary
Five colors are used in this particularly fine example. The purple is not ttaitional in Cahuilla basketry, and it may have been produced with a commercial dye or with berries. -from the Native American Art from the Permanent Collection catalog, 1979
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 84 (illustrated/bw) fig. 286.
Edition
The Basket is in the Roots. Teaching Museum, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, February 3 - June 9, 2006.
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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
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: 84, Figure Number: 286
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