Coiled Basket

Coiled Basket

Part of the Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection Concentric "V" shapes form the designs in redbud on the sides. The shape has curving sides that a round on the lower sides and straighter as they taper inward on the upper sides. There is a five-pointed floral on the base. Details of the weave incluse three-rod coiling in sedge root, designs in redbud. Some of the interior stiches are split. The start is a four part plaited beginning, a known trait from Lytton Springs Rancheria.
  • Object: Coiled Basket
  • Artist: Martha McCloud of Alexander Valley
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: 20 cm
  • Culture Area: California
  • Cultural Group: Pomo
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Genevieve and Ralph Aquilar
  • Catalog #: 103.000