Teacup-shaped baskets
Left: Ojibwa, late 20th
century
Sweet-grass bundles sewn with black cotton thread; handle
braided of grass
H: 5 cm, Diam: 11.2 cm (maximum)
PM# 995-29-10/73183
Center: Quinault,
mid-twentieth century
Natural tan and dark brown cedarbark
Cup H: 4.5 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm; Saucer H: 1.2 cm, Diam: 11.5
cm
PM# 995-29-10/73233
Right: Hupa/Kurok/Yurok,
1920s - 1940s
Hazel warp, pine root weft; strawgrass and fern stem design
elements added in half-twist overlay
H: 6.2 cm, Diam: 8.6 cm (with handle)
PM# 995-29-10.73258
Ex collection William R. Wright
Photography by Hillel Burger