Hupa and Karok
Vessel
Hupa/Karok, Early 20th century
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Hazel twigs, spruce root, 9 3/4 × 9 in. (24.8 × 22.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.B.57
Ornamented with double wefts and half twist overlay twining, this vessel takes the form of a storage basket or boiling basket. Storage vessels were used to hold items such as acorns and were often ornamented with overlay twining. Boiling baskets were used to cook acorn gruel by placing hot stones into the contents. The contents were agitated to prevent the basket from burning. Boiling baskets were not always ornamented with a double weft, however.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:99
