Bowl

Bowl

Twined basket. The entire basket from the base up is done in lattice twining and closed lattice twining, very unusual. It has a sedge grass root weft and has six bands designs done in redbud. Each band has a different kind of geometric design, beginning with triangles at the top, diamond next, parallelograms, diamonds again, parallelograms lastly an alternating light /dark pattern at the very bottom. Each of the bands seem to contain a dau pattern at different places in the band design.
  • Object: Bowl
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: 1920s
  • Dimensions: 9" diameter 6" height
  • Culture Area: California
  • Cultural Group: Pomo
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Sonoma County Historical Society
  • Catalog #: 85.054