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The Mush-Basket-Karok – Antique Wall Art

The Mush-Basket-Karok, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
The Mush-Basket-Karok, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures The Mush-Basket-Karok in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Curtis titled this study "The Mush-Basket-Karok," linking it to the Karok people of the Klamath River country in northwestern California and to a basket used in preparing mush, a staple porridge often made from ground acorns in that region. The image appeared opposite page 86 of volume 13 of Curtis's *The North American Indian*, the twenty-volume survey he published between 1907 and 1930. Basketry was central to Karok, Yurok, and Hupa life, and Curtis often posed his subjects so that such objects could be seen in detail. The record does not give a date or identify the sitter.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Edward S. Curtis. Illus. in: Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian, vol. 13, oppos. p. 86. Ref. copy may be in P&P Ref. - E77.C98 Suppl. v. 13. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,092 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156525

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