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Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. <em>Coiled Basket</em>, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_overall_PS11.jpg)
Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. Coiled Basket, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_overall_PS11.jpg)
Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. <em>Coiled Basket</em>, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_overall_PS11.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. Coiled Basket, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_overall_PS11.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. <em>Coiled Basket</em>, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_top_PS11.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. Coiled Basket, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_top_PS11.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. <em>Coiled Basket</em>, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.06.331.8134.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. Coiled Basket, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.06.331.8134.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. <em>Coiled Basket</em>, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.06.331.8134_interior.jpg)

Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. Coiled Basket, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.06.331.8134_interior.jpg)

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Coiled Basket

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On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care
CULTURE Pomo, probably Elem Pomo
MEDIUM Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string
DATES ca. 1895
DIMENSIONS 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm) mount: 4 1/2 × 12 × 12 in. (11.4 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 06.331.8134
CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1906, provenance not yet documented; by 1906, acquired by Tony Francisco of Sulphur Bank, Pomo Nation; September 14, 1906, purchased in Upper Lake, CA from Tony Francisco by Stewart Culin for the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Radical Care
CAPTION Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. Coiled Basket, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_overall_PS11.jpg)
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Pomo , probably Elem Pomo. <em>Coiled Basket</em>, ca. 1895. Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, dyed bulrush root, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell disk beads, and commercial cotton string, 4 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (11.4 × 29.8 × 30.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1906, Museum Collection Fund, 06.331.8134. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.331.8134_overall_PS11.jpg)

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