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California Indian Baskets

Owning Institution: UCLA, Fowler Museum of Cultural History

About this Collection

The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History's collection includes baskets made by California American Indians in the 19th and early 20th century. The baskets represent works from the Panamint Shoshone (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe), a western division of the Shoshonean peoples, located east of the Sierra Divide in Central California; the Pomo Indians located on the Northern coast of California; the Shasta Indians located on the Oregon border of California; and the Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk tribes in Northwestern California. View collection guide.

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33 items found in this collection

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Panamint rectangular basket
Pomo basket with feathers and shell beads
Pomo basket with shell beads
Pomo feathered headdress
Pomo miniature basket
Pomo oval basket
Shasta basket
Wiyot food basket
Wiyot man's hat
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