Miniature Burden Basket
Part of the Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection
Julia Parker is now one of the foremost advocates for the Pomo Culture and she is frequently featured in the news and publications regarding contemporary Pomo life. In this piece she has created in miniature a twined, conical burden shape with three horizontal bands of the redbud design. The warp is peeled Willow and weft is Sedge Root with a pitch that is up and right.
- Object: Miniature Burden Basket
- Artist: Julia Parker
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 11 cm height
- Culture Area: California
- Cultural Group: Pomo / Coast Miwok
- Cultural Context: Julia Parker is now one of the foremost advocates for the Pomo Culture and she is frequently featured in the news and publications regarding contemporary Pomo life. 8/12/24 "Julia Parker, an Indian cultural demonstrator since 1960, continues to preserve the customs and traditions of her Kashaya Pomo/Coast Miwok ancestors, as well as those of her husband's Yosemite Miwok/ Pauite family." Excerpt from her signed and printed postcard. She is an enrolled citizen with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. ~YR
- Donor: Genevieve and Ralph Aquilar
- Catalog #: 103.001