Miniature Basket
Pomo
California culture
early 20th century
Sedge root, willow, and bulrush root
Overall: 1/4 × 11/16 × 1 7/16 in. (0.7 × 1.7 × 3.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13883
Geography
Place Made: Pomo, Mendocino County, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked on bottom "723"
Provenance
Collected by Victor Justice Evans (1865-1931), Washington, D.C, date unknown; to his widow, (Mabel) Karen Gram Schaefer Evans Scott Allen (1891-1974), Meriden, New Hampshire, 1931; given to present collection, 1957.
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