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Gift Bowl
Mollie Duncanc. 1900
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
These baskets probably were created to be sold to non-Indian collectors and tourists. The feathered basket, however, is based on an older type that was given as a treasured gift on various occasions, including ceremonies that marked the stages of life (birth, puberty, marriage, and so forth).
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Details
- Title: Gift Bowl
- Creator: Mollie Duncan
- Date Created: c. 1900
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 6.4 x 12.7 cm (2 1/2 x 5 in.)
- Type: Basketry
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.402
- Medium: bulrush, sedge; coiled (3 rods)
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: California; Pomo (Eastern); Lake County, Post-Contact
- Credit Line: Presented by William Albert Price in memory of Mrs. William Albert Price
- Collection: AA - Native North America
- Accession Number: 1917.402
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