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1927.43.9

Cooking basket bowl.

1927.43.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cooking basket bowl.
Long description
Basket bowl. Dyed red and brown to create a geometric design.
Cultural groups
Yurok
Date / Period
Date made: 1927
Date collected
1927
Acquisition information
Donated: 08/1927
Materials and processes
Material Conifer Root Plant, Material Hazel Wood Plant, Material Maidenhair Fern Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Twined Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 80 mm, Diameter: max 120 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1927.43.9
Research and responses

These baskets are shown with their maker, Mrs. Maggie Peters, in a photograph taken by collector (see Archive).

Examined during a research visit on 14 September 2010 by Hoopa basket maker and culture bearer Deborah E. McConnell who identified the pattern on the basket as the flint design. [ZM 14/09/2010]

Search terms: Basketry, Basket

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