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Physical Object / Hupa, Karok, or Yurok storage basket

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Title
Hupa, Karok, or Yurok storage basket
Creator
Hupa, Karok, or Yurok Indians, Creator
Contributor
Hupa, Karok, or Yurok Indians, Creator
Date Created and/or Issued
1800
1925
19th - early 20th century
Publication Information
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549; http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/incEngine/
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Collection
California Indian Baskets
Rights Information
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Description
Materials: black fern; bear grass; spruce or willow roots. Design: motif is known by two names, God's Eye or Morning Star
This storage basket was probably made for sale. It is larger and sturdier than trinket baskets
Type
physical object
Format
Dia. 17 cm x H. 13 cm
Form/Genre
baskets
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb529009rd
X63.71
Subject
Ethnic California
Hupa Indians
Place
California, Northwest

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