Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket

Pomo artist

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Around the turn of the twentieth century, when the collecting and home display of Native American basketry became a national phenomenon, fully feathered Pomo baskets were particularly popular. Aptly termed "jewel" baskets by their non-Native admirers, they had a salability that encouraged weavers to develop works such as these. They were typically smaller, more diverse in shape, and incorporated elaborate multicolored designs, in contrast to older and more traditional red fully feathered basket plaques (an example is on view nearby).

Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket, Pomo artist (Lake County, California), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, mallard, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, abalone pendants, and cotton string, Pomo (Lake County, California)

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Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket, Pomo artist (Lake County, California), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, mallard, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, abalone pendants, and cotton string, Pomo (Lake County, California)
Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket, Pomo artist (Lake County, California), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, mallard, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, abalone pendants, and cotton string, Pomo (Lake County, California)
Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket, Pomo artist (Lake County, California), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, mallard, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, abalone pendants, and cotton string, Pomo (Lake County, California)
Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket, Pomo artist (Lake County, California), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, mallard, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, abalone pendants, and cotton string, Pomo (Lake County, California)
Fully feathered three-rod coiled plate-form basket, Pomo artist (Lake County, California), Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (red-winged blackbird, western meadowlark, mallard, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, abalone pendants, and cotton string, Pomo (Lake County, California)

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