Hupa Acorn Mush Serving Basketry Bowl [SOLD]

The Hupa live in the very northwest corner of California.  They were relatively isolated until 1850 when gold was discovered and white settlers moved in.  In 1864, the U. S. Government established the Hupa Reservation, moved invaders off the land, thus protecting their area for the future. 

The Hupa were primarily fishermen and their diet was almost exclusively salmon and acorns.  The acorns were pounded into a mush and cooked by heated stones in baskets, then served in mush bowls similar to this one.

Condition: very good condition with minimal loss of stitches on rim

Provenance: from a member of the Balcomb family

Recommended Reading:  Moser, Christopher L., American Indian Basketry of Northern California: Catalog for the Exhibition of "American Indian Basketry of Northern California" from the Permanent Collection, Riverside Museum Press, Riverside, 1990