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Artist
Unknown (Pomo)
Title
Jewel Basket
Date
mid-19th to early 20th century
Medium
Coiled willow, sedge and bulrush roots, cotton string, and clamshell disc beads
Dimensions
2 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
Accession No.
1984.146
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

1971, acquired from the Hear Museum (Phoenix, AZ) by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst (Glenview, IL); November 1984, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Gordon, Beverly and Melanie Herzog. "American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience," Elvehjem Museum of Art, exh. cat., 1988. p. 23, no. 16

  • American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988

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