TWO POMO FEATHERED COILED BASKETS

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TWO POMO FEATHERED COILED BASKETS
The first a bowl of globular form, woven in willow with white and iridescent green feathers in stripes encircling the bowl, feathers inserted at rim, the second tray with shallow sloping sides, woven in willow with iridescent green, white and brown feathers in stripes encircling the tray, rim trimmed in clam shells, a clam shell handle
The bowl: 4in. (12.1cm.), the tray: 5in. (14cm.) diameter (2)

拍品專文

"Feathered baskets of this type have been found in archaelogoical and ethnological contexts in the Great Basin and Mexico, as well as in California. So, the technique is very old, dating back at least to the Classic Period of basket making. Feathered baskets were made as gifts or as sacrifices to honor the memory of a beloved deceased person (Turnbaugh and Turnbaugh, 1986, p. 188)."