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Basket

Basket

Artist: Hupa
Date: 1924
Medium: Maidenhair fern, grass, cedar bark, hazel
Classification: Containers
Credit Line: Gift of William O. Wise in memory of his wife
Object number: 1971.10.24
DescriptionTwined construction, half-twist overlay (exterior) decoration. Design motif of dark rhomboids with five zig-zag lines rising diagonally from left to right on light yellow ground - used three times evenly spaced. Light brown rim, with dark brown line beneath. Nine-pointed flower or star on base in light and medium brown, dark brown outline, yellow petals. Outer edge of rim is a circle of wave-like blocks of medium brown. Dark brown maidenhair fern, grass, cedar bark, hazel. Deep bowl shape.
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