Handsome Antique Yurok Storage Basket

ca. 1900

4" h x 6"d with minor rim wear as pictured

Overall in Very Good Condition 

Northwest: This region includes the Coastal ranges and Klamath Mountains. From the coast, the native population inhabited the redwoods and coastal forests, mountains and valleys and along the rivers including the Eel, Mad, and Klamath rivers. The tribes of this region that we focus on are the coastal Yurok, the northern Karuk and the Hupa Group peoples primarily of the Hoopa Valley (south of the Karuk), which include the Hupa, Chilula and Whilkut. For the most part, the basketry motifs are woven using half-twist overlay technique.