California

The collection of nearly 200 objects from California culture is primarily comprised of baskets from the Hupa, Cahuilla, Pomo, Yokuts, Maidu, Gabrielino, Luiseno, Miwok, Karuk, Serrano, Wintu people. Contemporary artists include Fritz Scholder and Frank LaPena.

Louise Hickox, American (Karuk (Karok)), 1896 - 1967 | possibly Louise Hickox or Elizabeth Conrad Hickox | Wiyot | Karuk (Karok) | California culture | Elizabeth Conrad Hickox, Karuk / Wiyot / American, 1875 - 1947
Basket
about 1925
157.9.13894
Frank LaPena, American, 1937 - 2019 | Maidu | California culture
We are All Sacred
2001
2008.41.1
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
The Tale that the Crow Told
2006
2008.6.1
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
No Dogs at the Ceremony
2006
2008.6.2
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
The Dancers Arrive
2006
2008.6.3
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
Acquiring a Taste for Crow
2006
2008.6.4
Fritz Scholder, Luiseño / American, 1937 - 2005 | Luiseño (Luiseno) | California culture
Untitled (American Portrait Series)
about 1979-1980
2012.20
Yokuts | California culture
Basket
late 19th century
43.25.8613
Pomo | California culture
Gift Basket
late 19th century
44.18.8746
Mewuk (Miwok) | California culture
Basket
late 19th century
44.18.8758
Koso (Panamint) Shoshone | California culture
Trinket Basket
late 19th century
44.18.8764
Modoc | Samuel Ball, Modoc / American, about 1827 - unknown | California culture
Beaded Bow
collected about 1902-1904
46.17.10181
Samuel Ball, Modoc / American, about 1827 - unknown | Modoc | California culture
Simple Wood Bow
collected about 1902-1904
46.17.10182
Francisca Lubo, Cahuilla / American, 1881 - 1928 | Cahuilla | California culture
Woman's Small Storage Basket
about 1900
46.17.9313
Luiseño (Luiseno) | California culture | Mother of a Raphael Tortes, Luiseño, unknown dates
Trinket Basket Decorated with the Initials R.T. and a Figure of a Baseball Player
collected 1905 or 1907
46.17.9314
Serrano | California culture
Basket
collected 1905
46.17.9315
Lenora Linton LaChusa, Diegueno / American, 1877 - 1965 | Kumeyaay (Diegueno) | California culture
Basket Tray depicting a Diamondback Rattlesnake
collected 1905
46.17.9318
Cahuilla | California culture
Storage Basket
about 1900
46.17.9326
Pomo | California culture
Gift Basket
collected 1905 or 1907
46.17.9332
Pomo | California culture
Basket
about 1905
46.17.9333
Maidu | California culture | Williams Family, Maidu, unknown dates
Trinket Basket
collected mid-1907
46.17.9334
Hupa | California culture
Woman's Cap
probably collected 1905
46.17.9335
Princess Mary (Ko-a-lak-a), Modoc, about 1844 - 1906 | Modoc | California culture
Cap
about 1900
46.17.9339
Modoc | California culture
Basketry Cap
about 1900
46.17.9346
Tubatulabal (Kern River) | California culture | Koso (Panamint) Shoshone
Food Basket
early-mid 20th century
51.19.12705
Yurok | California culture
Basketry cap
early 20th century
51.27.12817
Yurok | Karuk (Karok) | Hupa | California culture
Basket
about 1900
54.18.12950
Fritz Scholder, Luiseño / American, 1937 - 2005 | Luiseño (Luiseno) | California culture
Dartmouth Portrait #17
1973
p.974.11
Harry Fonseca, Maidu / American, 1946 - 2006 | Maidu | California culture
Coyote Woman in the City
1979
p.989.10