The Hover Collection of Karuk BasketsThe Hover Collection is one of them most prized collections in the museum. It contains over 250 baskets, collected by Karuk women weavers and features a variety of baskets, most of which were woven as trade baskets. The collection has a long history of being used for educational purposes, from when it was initially displayed at the Firs Hotel in Orleans to its use at Grant Elementary by Elise Hover, a local school teacher, before it was donated to the Clarke Museum. Consisting of baskets collected by four generations of basket weavers since the late 1800s, it includes the works of famous basket weavers like Nettie Ruben and Elizabeth Hickox.
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Now in the Hover Case...
1900-1940 Baskets from the Hover Collection showcases baskets during an era of intense change. Featured in this exhibit are new forms of baskets and the European counterparts that inspired them. People were settling in Humboldt and the surrounding areas which increased and sustained contact with the Indigenous communities. An economy built around basket trade and sale was born, with tourists and collectors alike interested in owning California baskets.
