Small Storage Basket
Maria Antonia Vanenzella, Cahuilla / American, active late 19th-early 20th century
Cahuilla
California culture
about 1900
Grass (foundation), weft of sumac (tan) and rush (gold-brown) coiling technique
Overall: 3 9/16 × 7 1/4 in. (9 × 18.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9310
Geography
Place Made: Cahuilla Resevation, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Exhibition History
Northern Native American Basketry, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 4, 1990-October 20, 1991.
Publication History
Tamara Northern and Davina Begaye, Guide to the Exhibition of Northern Native American Basketry, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990.
Provenance
Maria Antonia Vanezella [known as Maria Antonia ?], Mesa Grande, California; sold to Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Mesa Grande, California, probably April, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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