California Indian Baskets ca. 1800s-1900s

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California Indian Baskets ca. 1800s-1900s

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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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University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Archaeological Collections Facility

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