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Putnam's Choice

The baskets in this display were specially selected by Curatorial Associate John Putnam, in consultation with exhibit co-curators Rebecca Andrews and Robin K. Wright. These baskets are among the best, the most beautiful, the finest examples of their kind.

For nearly 20 years as a volunteer in Burke Museum ethnology, a second career, Putnam has donated his time, his expertise, and many of his own baskets. Scholar, supporter, photographer, and enduring friend, he has been an inspiration to those who work with him.

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Coiled Grass Basket Yup’ik

Twined Cedar Bark and Grass Basket Nuu-Chah-Nulth

Twined Spruce Root Basket Quinault

Twined Cattail Leaf Basket Skokomish

 

Twined Spruce Root Basket Tlingit

Coiled Cedar Root Trunk Thompson River/Cowichan?

Twined Cedar Bark & Grass Basket Makah?

Coiled Cedar Root Storage Basket Tl’itl’kt
(Lillooet, Interior Salish)

Twined Cedar Bark & Bear Grass Basket Tsimshian

Coiled Cedar Root Trunk Halq’emeylem
(Lower Fraser River Coast Salish)

Coiled Cedar Root Basket Tsilhqot’in
(Chilcotin, Interior Salish)

Twined Willow & Spruce Root Woman’s Hat Hupa/Karok/Yurok?

Twined Willow & Spruce Root Woman’s Hat Hupa/Karok/Yurok?

Twined Cedar Bark & Grass Basket Makah

Man’s Twined Redwood Root & Grass Soup Basket Yurok

Twined Fancy Basket Hupa

Coiled Tray
?ákimel ?ó’odham (Pima)

Coiled Tray Apache

Twined Cattail Basket Wasco

Coiled Grass Basket with Ivory Ornaments Yup’ik

Twined Hemp & Cornhusk Basket Columbia Plateau

Coiled Spruce Root Basket Yup’ik

Coiled Cedar Root Basket Cowlitz/Nisqually

Coiled Cedar Root Chest Nlaka’pamux
(Thompson River Interior Salish)

Coiled Cedar Root Basket Tl’itl’kt
(Lillooet, Interior Salish)

Twined & Painted Cedar Bark Hat
Nuu-chah-nulth

Coiled Willow & Yucca Bowl Tubatulabal
(Central California)

Coiled Willow and Yucca Bowl Tubatulabal
(Central California)

Twined Spruce Root Basket Tlingit

Twined Grass Basket Aleut

Coiled Baleen & Ivory Basket Inupiat

Twined Spruce Root Basket Chinook

Twined Spruce Root Basket Chinook (Chehalis?)

Twined Spruce Root Basket Tlingit

Twined Tule Woman’s Hat Modoc

Twined Tule Woman’s Hat Klamath/Modoc

Twined Tule, Grass & Quill Basket Klamath/Modoc

Coiled Cedar Root Basket Kwalhioqua

Plaited Split Cane Basket Cherokee, North Carolina

Coiled Grass Basket Yup’ik,
Hooper Bay, Alaska

Twined Spruce Root Basket Haida

Plaited Cedar Bark Basket Tsimshian

Twined Hemp & Grass Basket Klikitat

Twined Hemp, Hop Twine & Corn Husk Basket Klikitat

Coiled Cedar Root Basket Klikitat

Twined Grass Basket with Quills & Feathers Aleut

Plaited Cedar Bark Basket Tsimshian, Port Simpson, B.C.


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