Basket
Pomo
California culture
about 1905
Sedge root (Carex sp.), willow (Salix exigua Nutt.), bracken fern root (Pteridium aquilinum), California valley quail crests feathers (Lophortyx californica), clamshell disc beads, string
Overall: 2 3/8 × 5 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (6 × 13 × 26 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9333
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
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 24 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. on p. 131 and p. 148, no. 49.
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), California, probably 1905-1907; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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