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Diagonally twined feast bowl
Not on view
Acorn mush—a staple of the Pomo peoples’ diet—was traditionally cooked in baskets like this. Fist-sized rocks were heated and dropped into a basket filled with ground meal and water. The mixture was then stirred, to keep the rocks from burning the vessel, until it boiled. This masterwork, however, was much more than a cooking pot. Large and expertly woven, with an intricate design, it would have been given pride of place at important social occasions.
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