Artist Hupa, Native American
Title
  • Mush Bowl Basket
Date between 1890 and 1900
Medium hazelnut shoot, bear grass, and tree roots
Dimensions Overall (irreg): 3 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (8.9 × 19.1 × 19.7 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Frederick Stearns
Accession Number 90.1S14137
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Marks Tag: DIA H.S. 36
Tag: Indian Mush Bowl; Hupa Valley School, Mr. Freer for information, $7.00, Fred Stearns
July 11, 1901, purchased by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907; Detroit, Michigan, USA) at the Hotel Cadillac (probably Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)