One-rod coiled boat basket

Mary Knight Benson Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California)

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Elongated oval-shaped coiled baskets are called "boat" baskets because of their resemblance to canoes. Traditionally, they were used to store special objects—valuables or items of power—that fit nicely into the long, narrow mouth. These included objects used by spiritual healers, such as cocoon rattles, whistles, or feathers, as well as riches, such as clamshell disk bead necklaces or strings of magnesite cylinders (examples are on view nearby).

One-rod coiled boat basket, Mary Knight Benson (Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California), 1878–1930), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and dyed bulrush root weft, Yokayo Pomo

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One-rod coiled boat basket, Mary Knight Benson (Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California), 1878–1930), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and dyed bulrush root weft, Yokayo Pomo
One-rod coiled boat basket, Mary Knight Benson (Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California), 1878–1930), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and dyed bulrush root weft, Yokayo Pomo
One-rod coiled boat basket, Mary Knight Benson (Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California), 1878–1930), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and dyed bulrush root weft, Yokayo Pomo
One-rod coiled boat basket, Mary Knight Benson (Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California), 1878–1930), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and dyed bulrush root weft, Yokayo Pomo

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