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collected 1887-1906

Willow rods (foundation), weft of willow and redbud bark three-rod foundation coiling technique

Overall: 4 3/16 × 5 7/8 × 7 13/16 in. (10.6 × 14.9 × 19.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ida Farr Miller

44.18.8754

Geography

Place Made: Central Sierra Nevada, United States, North America

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

Collected by Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840-1907) (Mrs. Evarts Worcester Farr, Class of 1863W), Pasadena, California, between 1887-1906; given to her daughter, Ida Farr Miller (1863-1953), 1907; given to present collection, 1944.

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