Basket
Elizabeth Conrad Hickox, Karuk / Wiyot / American, 1875 - 1947
Louise Hickox, American (Karuk (Karok)), 1896 - 1967
possibly Louise Hickox or Elizabeth Conrad Hickox
Wiyot
Karuk (Karok)
California culture
about 1925
Wild grape root (Vitis californica Bethn.), myrtle sticks, hazel (Corylus sp.), maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.), yellow-dyed porcupine quills, staghorn lichen (Letharia vulpina)
Overall: 7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in. (19.5 × 15 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. James Foster Scott, in memory of her late husband, Victor J. Evans
157.9.13894
Geography
Place Made: Salmon River, Humboldt Bay, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Course History
WRIT 5, On Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2015
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.
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–July 22, 2022.
Publication History
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. 96 and p. 146, no. 42.
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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