Storage or cooking basket
Dateearly 20th century
Maker
Native American
Plateau
Label TextAcorn soup or mush was cooked and served in baskets at important gatherings. Well-to-do families would sponsor dances and provide the necessary food. This sturdy tureen has a beautiful “quail plume” design at the base and a larger one circling the top.
Object number81.17.1372
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions17 1/2 x 9 in. (44.5 x 22.8 cm)
Diam.: 21 3/4 in.
MediumWillow, bracken fern
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