basket

1920-1950

Finely twined Hupa or other Klamath River people basket. Unusal for having flat rather than rounded body. Perhaps made for sale. PCK

1890-1910

Finely twinned basket bowl, probably made for the tourist trade. Ca. 1890-1910. Finely woven. PCK

1910-1920

This is a type of twinned basket that was used by Hupa women to carrry tobacco. ca. 1910-1920.

1915-1925

Small, tightly woven Hupa basket with bracken and beargrass overlay on split conifer root. Basket is ca. 1920. PCK

c. 1910

Full twist overlay twining has stair-stepped designs with elaborate geometric shapes around the base. It is unclear as to whether the basket was made by the Pit River Achumawi or Atsugewi.

This piece was given with 10 other jewelry items, yet is was marked on the appraisal form as possibly being a basket.

1982

This is a basket made of woven wood strips covered in white paper

1993

Roughly oval-shaped basket made of bark and then painted. Middle section is orange (pleated) with a blue bar running vertically towards the opening. Sides are white with blued patches. Interior is...

untitled (String Basket)
Late 20th Century

This is a small bowl made from cotton string. The bowl's multiple black and tan string spokes are reinforced with paper fiber through the sides of the bowl and hang over the rim approx 2-3...

1992

Crocheted synthetic raffia basket sculpture. Has varying sized baskets in pale blue, lavender, brown and green attached to one another at odd angles.

Untitled (string basket on block)
20th century

A small circular basket woven with black string rests on a blond wood block. The spokes of the basket hang over the edge of the basket and drape down the length of the wood block.

1992

Crochetted synthetic raffia basket with a blue base, blue and red center, and a lavender, red and gold top.

1989

Gourd basket with a transfer print of a human face on rice paper laminated to its surface.

1986

Covered basket woven from ash splints covered with a transfer print of rice paper. Basket itself is blue, top is brown, and transfers on sides are green on white.

1986

Basket woven from clear plastic tubing. Square base with round opening.

1990

Folded basket made of natural bark paper. Basket has a multi-tagonal shape with a square opening at top.

1970

Square woven basket made of dyed craft paper. Paper is brown with some green dye.

1992

Tall rectangular yellow basket with opening at top. Made from ash splints covered with a transfer print on rice paper. There is an image of a blue knight on one side and blue text with two small...

Pachenko
1996

Woven basket made with ash splints. Strips have a multicolored transfer print in white, black red, green and blue on rice paper. Basket is woven into a cube with loose strips at top center,...

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