The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Puberty Basket

Puberty Basket

1890
Location: not on view

Description

This finely woven basin is based on a traditional form that young Pomo women used to wash themselves after ceremonial seclusion following their first menses. The example on display, however, was made for the outside market.
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 65 www.jstor.org
  • Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 2, 2019-August 21, 2020).
    Gallery 231 - Native North American Basket Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 5, 2013-August 18, 2014).
    The Basket Makers, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, (November 26, 1985 - March 23, 1986)
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.501