Baskets

The California culture area has the widest variety of native languages, ecological settings, and house types of any North American culture area. The shaded area … Continued

Many museums, including the Portland Art Museum, have displays of Mission Baskets which generally refers to baskets made by Indian people on the southern coast … Continued

The California culture area has the widest variety of native languages, ecological settings, and house types of any North American culture area. The shaded area … Continued

The Great Basin Culture Area includes the high desert regions between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. It is bounded on the north by … Continued

The Maryhill Museum located near Goldendale, Washington, has a display of Plateau containers. The Plateau Culture Area is the area between the Cascade Mountains and … Continued

The Artic Culture Area includes the Aleutian Islands, most of the Alaska Coast, the Canadian Artic, and parts of Greenland. It is an area which … Continued

The Northwest Coast culture area stretches along the Pacific coast between the Cascade Mountains and the ocean. It extends north of California to Alaska. This … Continued

Long before the European invasion of North America, a number of autonomous, independent, and linguistically related peoples lived in contiguous territories in what would become … Continued

California Indian baskets are often considered the best in North America, and Pomo baskets are generally considered to be the best of the California baskets. … Continued

Many museums, including the Maryhill Museum of Art near Goldendale, Washington, have displays of Mission Baskets. The designation “Mission Baskets” was developed by anthropologist Alfred … Continued