Pendant

Pendant

Loom beaded strip with three coiled miniature baskets attached by two strings of beads. One of the baskets is a miniature canoe basket. The other 2 are round and smaller than the canoe basket. The two strings above the canoe basket are composed of red and white beads; below the canoe basket, the strings attaching the two smaller baskets are composed of light blue and white beads. Below each round basket is one final red bead. The beadwork pattern consists of two diamonds in green, dark blue, white, and yellow on a field of translucent red seed beads. There is a fringe of 12 strands of white and red beads, each tipped by a single clear glass bead. The canoe basket has a simple triangular design in dyed bulrush. No designs are on the other two baskets.
  • Object: Pendant
  • Artist: Unknown
  • Circa: 20th Century
  • Dimensions: Canoe basket: 3/4" L x 1/4" W 2 other baskets: 1/8" diameter
  • Culture Area: California
  • Cultural Group: Pomo
  • Cultural Context: Pomo weavers sometimes attach miniature baskets to beadwork to be given as gifts or charms to friends and relatives. They may be worn as ornaments such as necklaces or pins.
  • Donor: Sonoma County Historical Society
  • Catalog #: 85.071