Gift basket

Elizabeth Hickox Wiyot-Karuk

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Elizabeth Hickox used a twining technique to incorporate gold-dyed porcupine quills with plant fibers in constructing this lidded basket. Drawing on traditional methods and designs, Hickox is known for her inventive patterns, such as the graphic lightning motif covering the body and lid of this container, and for her innovative introduction of a delicate three-dimensionality, as seen on the handle of the lid.

Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American

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Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American
Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American
Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American
Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American
Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American
Gift basket, Elizabeth Hickox (Wiyot-Karuk, 1875–1947), Conifer root, hazel shoots, maidenhair stems, bear grass, and dyed porcupine quills, Wiyot and Karuk, Native American

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