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ITEM NUMBER: AK0574
Hupa/Yurok Hat Basket
$2,500
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Hupa/Yurok basketry bowl. The solid triangular designs are known as "flint" whereas the inner zigzag elements are referred to as "snakes." Two strand plain twining with three strand twining at base. Warps: hazel shoots, Corylus rostrata californica. Decoration by half-twist overlay of bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax; (light); msidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum, (dark). Ex. Clay P Bedford. Exhibited at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, "Western North American Indian Baskets from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford," April 16 - October 19, 1980. Retains label. Illustrated, 1980, P. 11, Fig. 14. 7"D x 5"H
PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: California - Hupa, Native American
SIZE: 7"D x 5"H
