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Finding Aid for the California Indian Baskets, ca. 1800s-1900s
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Description
The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History's collection includes baskets made by California American Indians in the 19th and
early 20th century. The baskets represent works from the Panamint Shoshone (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe), a western division of
the Shoshonean peoples, located east of the Sierra Divide in Central California; the Pomo Indians located on the Northern
coast of California; the Shasta Indians located on the Oregon border of California; and the Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk tribes
in Northwestern California.
Background
The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History's collection includes baskets made by California American Indians in the 19th and
early 20th century. The baskets represent works from the Panamint Shoshone (Timbisha Shoshone Tribe), a western division of
the Shoshonean peoples, located east of the Sierra Divide in Central California; the Pomo Indians located on the Northern
coast of California; the Shasta Indians located on the Oregon border of California; and the Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk tribes
in Northwestern California.
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Availability
Access to the archives collection is by appointment.