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Northwest California, twined trinket basket, Hupa, Yurok or Karok Tribe, fine weave, early 20th Century

Northwest California, twined trinket basket, Hupa, Yurok or Karok Tribe, fine weave, early 20th Century
TLINGIT TRIBE / NORTHWEST COAST
Chevron/diamond storage basket, late 19th Century, early 20th Century
Handwoven split conifer root (buff), bear grass (white), woodwardia fern stem dyed with alder bark (rust), maidenhair fern stem (black), willow shoots
For more information see: The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry, Brian Bibby (Sacramento/Berkeley: Crocker Art Museum, Heyday Books, 1996), p. 90.
H: 8 1/2” x D: 11”
Ceremonial Parrot Effigy Metate 4th–8th century
Guanacaste-Nicoya Costa Rica
Volcanic stone carved with Greek key type designs, openwork feather details and finely detailed bird’s head and beak.
A related Ceremonial Metate can be found in the Rockefeller collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
H: 14″ x D: 12 1/2″ x L: 30 1/2″