Lidded Basket Item Number: 91.95.55A,B from the Portland Art Museum
Description
Extremely large baskets were useful for storing plant materials that would later be processed into food. Lids on these storage baskets protected the materials inside from moisture and insects. This basket is typical of many Hupa baskets, with repetitive geometric motifs divided into horizontal registers encircling the entire basket.
Collection History Provenance
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Item History
- Made by Hupa artist during 1915
What
- Name
- Lidded Basket
- Identification Number
- 91.95.55A,B
- Type of Item
- “basket; lid” ?
- Material
- hazel wood, conifer root, woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern
- Overall
- height 21.0 in, diameter 18.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Hupa
- Creator
- Hupa artist
Where
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
- Made in
- “Lower Klamath River” ?
When
- Creation Date
- during 1915
Other
- Categories
- California; Great Basin; Baskets