{"product_id":"hupa-hopper-basket","title":"Hupa Hopper Basket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eca. 1890\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e5.125\" H x 16.5\" D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eHand Woven with Darker Geometric Design Surrounding Outside with the Inside Bottom Open\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eIn Very Good Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eThe basketry hopper was placed or affixed to the top of a stone mortar bowl, sometime sealed to the stone bowls rim with pine pitch,  and was used to keep the flour from spilling out of the mortar from the heavy pounding of the pestle. The acorn meal was cooked in basketry bowl filled with water by placing and hot stones into the mush filled basket. As the stones cooled, they were removed, put back into the fire,  and more hot stones were added. They were stirred to keep them from burning the bottom of the basket.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eThe Hupa hopper basket is a traditional utilitarian basket woven by the Hupa (Hoopa) people, an Indigenous tribe from the Hoopa Valley in northwestern California along the Trinity River. The Hupa are part of the Athabascan language group and have deep cultural ties to neighboring tribes like the Yurok and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eKarok\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e, sharing similar basketry techniques and materials. Hopper baskets are specialized tools integral to the Hupa's traditional food processing, particularly in preparing acorn flour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e—a staple in their diet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003eProvenance:  From the Len and Toni Wood Private Collection, Laguna Beach, California\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978404913317,"sku":"5231-156","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/5231-156_5.jpg?v=1760634783","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/hupa-hopper-basket","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}