Girl's Coiled Dowry or Puberty Basket (kol-chu or ti-ri-bu-ku)
late 19th century
Jenny Hughes
Pomo
Arts of the Americas
This coiled Pomo basket displays symmetrical geometric designs and feather and shell-bead embellishments. Between 1890 and 1920, basket collecting by enthusiasts, dealers, and scientists had reached its height, and Pomo examples were the most coveted because of their fine weave and dazzling patterns.
Modeled on a traditional form, this basket was made for sale at time of extreme economic hardship for Native people in California.
Modeled on a traditional form, this basket was made for sale at time of extreme economic hardship for Native people in California.
- Maker/Artist
- Hughes, Jenny
- Classification
- Container
- Formatted Medium
- Willow, sedge root, bulrush root, black quail topknots, red woodpecker crest feathers, Olivella shell beads, cotton string
- Medium
- willow, sedge, root, bulrush, black, quail, topknots, red, woodpecker, crest, feathers, olivella, shell, beads, cotton, string
- Locations
- Place made: Pinoleville, Potter Valley, California, United States
- Dimensions
- 7 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm) mount (deck): 7 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm)
- Departments
- Arts of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 07.467.8308
- Credit Line
- Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund
- Exhibitions
- Objects of Myth and Memory
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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