California Indian Baskets, ca. 1800s-1900s

Summary

Creators:

University of California, Los Angeles. The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Archaeology Collections Facility

Abstract:

The Fowler Museum at UCLA's collection includes baskets made by California American Indians in the 19th and early 20th century. The baskets represent works from the Panamint Shoshone (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe), a western division of the Shoshonean peoples, located east of the Sierra Divide in Central California; the Pomo Indians located on the Northern coast of California; the Shasta Indians located on the Oregon border of California; and the Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk tribes in Northwestern California.

Extent:

n/a

Language:

English.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Indian baskets--North America.
Basketwork.

Location of this collection:

UCLA, The Fowler Museum at UCLA

Box 951549

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549, US

Contact:

(310) 825-4361

fowlerinfo@arts.ucla.edu

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