"Fancy" basket with cover

Karuk (Karok)
California culture

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early 20th century

Conifer root, beargrass, Willow, Giant Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Alder

Overall: 3 13/16 × 5 3/8 in. (9.7 × 13.7 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Donald C. McIntire, Class of 1906

54.18.12947

Geography

Place Made: Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: California Culture

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Donald Cahoon McIntire's Great Aunt, Missionary to the Hoopa Valley Reservation, about 1908-1910. Eureka, Humboldt County, California; to Donald Cahoon McIntire (1884-1961, Class of 1906), Glen Ellyn, Illinois; given to present collection, 1954.

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