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late 19th century

Willow (foundation), weft of willow (light) and redbud bark (dark), three-rod foundation, coiling technique

Overall: 2 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (7 × 50.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Capt. Herbert L. Shuttleworth II, Class of 1935

43.25.8612

Geography

Place Made: Central Sierra Nevada, Humbug Valley, United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: California Culture

Not on view

Exhibition History

Northern Native American Basketry, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 4, 1990-October 20, 1991.

Publication History

Tamara Northern and Davina Begaye, Guide to the Exhibition of Northern Native American Basketry, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990.

Provenance

Captain Herbert L. Shuttleworth II (1913-2010, Class of 1935), Amsterdam, New York; given to present collection, 1943.

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