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Basketry Bowl/Hat

Maker Unknown, Hupa, Karuk, Yurok ?

DateEarly 20th C (c. 1900-1910)

MediumFiber, pigment, Beargrass, hazel shoot, conifer root, alder dye?

Dimensions3 1/8” H x 6 1/4” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Tom and Carol Muttitt P’15

Object numberNA2010.055.MUT

DescriptionTwined basketry bowl/hat. Brown base and rim with two rows of natural fiber containing repeated designs with one large triangle surrounded by five smaller triangles. Two raised rows separate these groups and two raised rows in brown on bottom.

ClassificationsBasketry

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Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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