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SKU: 241206-22

Hupa Open Work Basket

Mid/Late 20th Century 

8.625" H x 7.625" x 6.75" D

Hand Woven with Open 2 Strand Diagonal Twining and 4 Decorative Weaved Bands Throughout Basket

Excellent Condition

The Hupa (also spelled Hoopa) are an Indigenous people of the Athabaskan language family, traditionally residing along the Trinity River in northwestern California. They are renowned for their sophisticated basketry traditions, which played a central role in daily life, ceremonies, and trade. Basket weaving among the Hupa, along with neighboring tribes like the Yurok and Karuk, utilized techniques such as twining (interlacing wefts over rigid warps) and open twining, which creates a looser, more porous structure ideal for certain practical uses.

Open work baskets are made using sturdy materials like California hazel rods for the warp (foundation spokes), pine root or conifer root for wefts, squaw grass (Xerophyllum tenax) for accents, and sometimes maidenhair fern for decorative elements. The open twining technique—often a two-strand or diagonal twining—results in gaps between stitches, making the basket lightweight and breathable but less watertight than tightly woven counterparts.

Condition: Excellent

Tribe: Hupa - Karok - Yurok - Whilkut

Year Range: 1950 - 1975

Region: Southwest

Dimensions: 8.63 in7.63 in6.75 in

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