Hupa Cooking Basket

Coiled Basket

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Hupa Cooking Basket

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.73

Description

A large, tan and brown coiled/woven cooking basket. The brown decorative pattern consists of vertical, zigzagging lines that vary in thickness and occasionally have triangles.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Notes

Date based on article put out by the museum in 2002.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northern California and Oregon

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Hupa, Ohlone

Native American

Notes

Documentation related to the basket indicates that it is an authentic Hupa, but an article the museum put out in 2002 indicates that it was made by "descendants of the native Ohlone."

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Basket, Cooking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cookware

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cooking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

A86

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

NH 286

Dimensions

Height

9-5/8 in

Diameter

14-3/4 in

Material

Plant Fiber

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brysis Buchanan

Notes

Sold the basket to Mrs. Kroninger

Person or Organization

Laura Kroninger

Notes

Purchased the basket from Brysis Buchanan

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of the Nino Family

Notes

Per a blurb put out by the museum in 2002: "This basket is one of two given to the museums by the Nino family; both recently in the Gold Rush exhibit at the History Museum. It was made around the turn of the last century by descendants of the native Ohlone, and given to the family when they lived near Vasona Park. Nino Avenue is named for them."

Exhibitions

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 1

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 2

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 3

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

There are many people that seem to be associated with this basket - the documentation in the green Indigenous objects box indicates that Mrs. Kroninger purchased the basket from Brysis Buchanan, but that does not necessarily mean Buchanan made the basket. There was also an article about the basket (or what appears to be the basket) in the summer and fall of 2002, which states that the Nino family donated the basket to the museum. How did the Nino family get the basket? Was Mrs. Kroninger the one that gave it to them? These are the unknowns in regards to this basket.