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Description Yurok or Hupa Twined Fancy Basket

Dimensions: The bowl is 7 inches in diameter.
Condition: Good with loosening of the rim coils.
Estimated Date of Origin: 1920.
Description: Three-color pieces with half-twist overlay in bear grass and two kinds of fern. The dull brown weft is conifer root over a warp of hazel shoots. The lineal patterns are the striped water snake design. Has exposed, crossed warps at the rims.
Object ID 1-62.7
Search Terms basket
Indian
Native American
bear grass
conifer root
fern
hazel
Year Range from 1920
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Last modified on: February 20, 2007