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Object #     2-38
Object name     Soup Basket
Culture of Origin     Yurok
Maker or Artist     Mrs. Annie Williams
Materials     Spruce, White Grass
Techniques     Twined, Overlay, Triple Twined
Exhibit Label    

Annie Williams lived at Wetlkwau, California; she was about
sixty-five when Lila O'Neale interviewed her in 1932. One of
three sisters, all known as basket makers with high standards,
Annie made fancy baskets of the cooking type as well as grass
overlay baskets of a modern style. She eagerly experimented with
new forms shown to her in photographs by O'Neale.

Source     Miss Lila Morris O'Neale
Location     Requa District, CA


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