"Fancy" basket with cover
Karuk (Karok)
California culture
early 20th century
Conifer root, beargrass, Willow, Giant Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Alder
Overall: 3 13/16 × 5 3/8 in. (9.7 × 13.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Donald C. McIntire, Class of 1906
54.18.12947
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
Collected by Donald Cahoon McIntire's Great Aunt, Missionary to the Hoopa Valley Reservation, about 1908-1910. Eureka, Humboldt County, California; to Donald Cahoon McIntire (1884-1961, Class of 1906), Glen Ellyn, Illinois; given to present collection, 1954.
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