Trinket Basket and Cover depicting a Gila Monster
Cahuilla
California culture
collected 1905
Grass, Sumac, and rush dyed with Sea Blight
Overall: 3 11/16 × 4 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (9.4 × 10.5 × 19.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9303
Geography
Place Made: Torres Martinez Reservation, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Torres Martinez Reservation, Thermal, California, probably April, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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