A new exhibit at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka takes a look at the visual language of basket designs of the local Hupa, Karuk, Wiyot and Yurok tribes. “When Designs Escaped Baskets” also ...

Native Americans in the United States have been weaving baskets for centuries. Archeologists have discovered baskets that are thousands of years old. They were used to hold food and other supplies, ...

This cooking basket originated in Southern California or Arizona. Hot rocks were placed inside to cook food. [email protected] At first glance, the intricately patterned baskets on ...

With good reason many folks are fascinated with Native American basketry. Centuries of heritage, designs and techniques are wrapped up in newly fashioned baskets and those from yesteryear. Whether one ...

Nearly two feet wide, the rotund opo, or basket, boasts a tight weave of willow shoots, roots and redbud carefully configured to form variegated geometric motifs. The work, crafted in the late 1920s ...