The Hover Collection of Karuk Baskets

The Hover Collection is one of the 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.

Now in the Hover Case...

prepared by Nealis Registrar-Curator Jasmine Brown