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Maidu1875/1900
Grand Teton National Park, National Park Service
Moose, WY, United States
This distinctive “bottleneck” basket is highly prized and specific to central California. Red quail topknot feathers and short wool tassels accent the edge of the basket. This type of special basket may have been made as a gift, payment for healing, or to hold valuable articles.
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- Title: Basket
- Creator: Maidu
- Date: 1875/1900
- Location: California
- Contributor: Grand Teton National Park, National Park Service
- Photographer: David Swift
- Measurements: Dia 24, H 13 cm
- Material: Grass, pine root, willow bark, feather
- Current Location: Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center
- Catalog Number: GRTE 5702
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