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Diagonally twined bowl

Pomo (Potter Valley, Mendocino County, California)

ca. 1860

Not on view

More than a hundred and fifty years ago, a Pomo woman made this delicate bowl as a gift for Donnah Mariah Mewhinney, an early White settler in Potter Valley who had a reputation for generosity toward her Native neighbors. This object of intercultural exchange descended through generations of women in Mewhinney's family. It was eventually left ot the artist Grace Carpenter Hudson, Mehwinney's great-niece. Its pristine condition indicates that it was a prized family heirloom.

Diagonally twined bowl, Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and redbud shoot weft, Pomo (Potter Valley, Mendocino County, California) — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Diagonally twined bowl

Date: ca. 1860

Geography: Made in Mendocino County, Potter Valley, California

Culture: Pomo (Potter Valley, Mendocino County, California)

Medium: Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and redbud shoot weft

Dimensions: Diameter: 6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in. (16.6 × 14.2 cm)
Height: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)

Credit Line: Courtesy the Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House, City of Ukiah, California

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