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Beaded Basketry Hat2012.126.29

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Culture
Modoc and Klamath
Material
glass bead, cotton thread and tule
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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After Boarding School: In Mourning2012.100.1

Museum Purchase: Funds from Native American Art Council.

Culture
American, Modoc and Klamath
Material
oil and canvas
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Beaded Basket2012.97.40

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Culture
Klamath
Material
tule, reed cane, glass bead and yarn
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Gambling Tray2012.25.81

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Culture
Klamath
Material
tule, cat-tail grass and dyed tule
Made in
“Plateau and Western Oregon” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Basketry Hat2004.93.2

The Elizabeth Sickler Smith Collection; Gift of her grandson, Edward Conyngham.

Culture
Modoc and Klamath
Material
tule, mud dyed tule and white split reed cane
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Purse87.88.72

Tribes such as the Yurok of northwestern Califonia and the Klamath of southern Oregon carried on a lively tradition of carving items from both elk antlers and wood. Elk antlers were cut in sections to be fashioned into small containers for dentalia, a marine shell that was used as money by the Yurok and other tribes of northwestern California.

Culture
Klamath
Material
elk antler
Made in
“Lower Klamath River” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Basket43.1.36

Gift of Mrs. Ferdinand C. Smith and Mr. L. Hawley Hoffman.

Culture
Modoc and Klamath
Material
split reed cane and black dyed tule
Made in
Plateau, North America
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Basket43.1.33

Gift of Mrs. Ferdinand C. Smith and Mr. L. Hawley Hoffman.

Culture
Klamath
Material
tule and dyed porcupine quill
Made in
Plateau, North America
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Basket40.35.25

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Culture
Klamath
Material
hazel wood, conifer root and beargrass
Made in
Requa, California, USA
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Basketry Tray40.35.13

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund.

Culture
Klamath
Material
hazel wood, conifer root, woodwardia fern and maidenhair fern
Made in
Orleans, California, USA
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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