Small, tightly woven basket with lid. Base rises at centre, with a patterned weave. Round basket has a bulbous body with a decorative stepped line and small triangle pattern below the shoulder in colours of rust and dark brown. Basket rim curves inward, coloured light brown with a small checked pattern at shoulder. A lid (part b) fits onto rim, round, rising toward its centre where sits a small raised finial. Patterning on the lid matches that of the basket.

• History Of Use

  Possibly a tobacco basket.

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• Type of Item basket
• Culture Yurok, Hupa, Karuk
• Material grass, dye
• Measurements height 10.0 cm, diameter 16.5 cm (part a) height 5.5 cm, width 13.0 cm, depth 14.5 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Elizabeth Whittaker
• Received from Elizabeth Whittaker

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• Made in California

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• Ownership Date before November 17, 2016
• Acquisition Date on November 17, 2016

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• Item Classes basketry
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3208/0003 a-b