A very large and impressive Karok basket
Item#: 2017
by master weaver Nettie Ruben.
The design is called the dance knife pattern, enhanced with lightning though it. These patterns were used by Nettie Ruben and Elizabeth Hickox.
Circa: 1918
Diameter: 23in
Height: 23in
The accompanying image of a photo postcard from The Wiley B Allen Co., San Francisco, shows the basket on display in their showroom.