Treasure Basket
Yokuts
California culture
about 1890
Deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens), bracken fern root (Pteridium aquilinum), redbud (Cercis Canadensis var. taxensis), California valley quail crests (Lophortyx californica), wool yarn
Overall: 4 15/16 × 8 11/16 in. (12.5 × 22 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ida Farr Miller
44.18.8755
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
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.
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 25 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
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. 10 and 98 and p. 148, no. 50.
John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 52, ill. fig. 8.6.
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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