Sifting Basket
Karok
California culture
about 1905
Conifer root, beargrass, giant fern, alder bark, maidenhair fern, and willow
Overall: 1 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (3 × 25.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9373
Geography
Place Made: Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Basket
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), California, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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