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Hupa Embossed Pint Beer Bottle

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 400.00 USD
Hupa Embossed Pint Beer Bottle
SOLD
95.00USDto B*****7+ buyer's premium (21.38)
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 22 @ 12:01UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Cannot determine embossing. Tightly woven, with faint design, weaving intact, with small cord for attaching; bottle top visible. 9.5" h. Hupa people excelled in basketry. Weaving and use of baskets was always a main element of the cultures of California tribes. The baskets are of the twined, woven type and are tight enough that they could hold water for cooking. These tribes make a wide variety of baskets from daily use. such as Baby baskets, collecting vessels, food bowls, cooking items, ceremonial items and we also made basket caps, which were worn by both women and also men if open weave .

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State: California,
Date: c. 1900-08

FHWAC#: 27036