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California culture

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late 19th century

Sedge root, redbud bark, willow, glass beads, butter clam shell

Overall: 1 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (3.4 × 8.3 cm)

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

44.18.8759

Geography

Place Made: Pomo, Mendocino County, United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: California Culture

Not on view

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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