Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected before 1930 by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948, a California basket collector and dealer); inherited by Grace Nicholson's assistant Thyra Maxwell (1903-1972); purchased by MAI from Thyra Maxwell in 1968.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Karuk (Karok)
- Artist/Maker
- Elizabeth Hickox (Lizzie Hickox/Elizabeth Conrad Hickox/Mrs. Luther Hickox), Karuk (Karok)/Wiyot, 1875-1947
- Collector
- Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
- Previous owner
- Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Seller
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Date created
- circa 1920
- Object Name
- Basket with cover
- Media/Materials
- Willow, conifer root, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem
- Techniques
- Twined, half-twist overlay
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
