Rare Hupa Group Elk Horn Purse, or money box for safeguarding strung dentalium, or individual incised pieces. The purse is decorated with engraved designs of patterns of black and red dots along the horn's surface. There are two concentric red and black grooves on opposite ends of the horn, to which is lashed a wooden cover, or stopper, with old fishing line, to close the opening. The exposed ends are stained red. This Elkhorn Purse would be used to safeguard dentalium shells, with decorated and incised designs, both being wrapped in reptile skin.

This Elkhorn Purse would have originated in the Hupa Group's aboriginal territory.

This small Hupa Group basketry bowl has a traditional Karuk design, and is twined of hazel warps, conifer root for wefts with half-twist overlay in beargrass and shiny red bullrush root, so the design does not show on the inside. The base has a wrapped cross warp start surrounded on the inside by a circle of brown, 3-strand conifer root, and a band of plain 2-strand conifer root to the edge. The body has tan beargrass background with obsidian point designs, used in spiritual warfare by shaman, and connected by stepped down parallel lines and isosceles triangles bisecting the lines between the circular motif of Friendship (apxankuykuy) or friendship mark; due to it's continuous unbroken quality. These 3 vertical lines represent tattoo marks often applied to a persons chin and wrist.

This beautiful basket originated on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, in Northern California

This Hupa Group basketry hat was twined with hazel shoot warps, conifer root wefts with a half-twist overlay in beargrass, and maiden hair ferns. The body has a balanced grouping of triangle designs on both sides of the dividing band on the main wall of the hat. The base has a black circular band with spokes, which is repeated in the top circular zone of the hat.

This beautiful basket originated on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, in Northern California

This Hupa Group basketry hat was twined of hazel shoot warps and conifer root wefts, and maiden hair fern. The body of the basket has diagonally stacked black rhomboids with "Rolling Log" rim designs in each one.

This beautiful basket originated on the Hoopa Indian Reservation

This is a large Hupa Group basketry bowl twined with half-twist overlay in beargrass and maiden hair fern, and is very similar to Yurok style weaving. The base is woven in a circle in brown conifer root in 3-strand twining which repeats in a band at the base edge. The body has diagonally stacked black rhomboids with diagonally bisecting lines on a field of beargrass. There is a decorative band just below the rim with feather appendages, and above that band, the warps are cut off flush to give a clean finish to the basket.

This beautiful basket originated on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation

This polychrome Hupa Group Basketry Hat was twined with hazel shoot warps, conifer root wefts with a half-twist overlay in bear grass, maiden hair fern, and red alder dyed woodwardia fern fibers. This complex design on the body of the basket has a beargrass background with diagonally stacked red rhomboids cross cut with tan outlined diamonds, which has parallel bands crossing each rhomboid, a traditional Yurok design. The base repeats a red circular band of design on the wall of the basket which is about one fourth the regular size of the central design. There is a design on the crest of the hat representing a celestial body, perhaps the Sun, Star, Moon, et al.

This beautiful basket originated on the Hoopa Indian Reservation