Wedding Basket
Pomo
1890–1900
- Medium
- Plant fibers, feathers, and glass and clamshell beads
- Dimensions
- 43.2 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm (17 × 25 × 25 in.)
- Genre
- basketry
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
americasnorthern californiashell (animal material)marriages/weddingsglassanimal materialfiberbasketrygeometricbasketmakingnative americaninorganic materialplant fiberdiagonalsfeathernative north americanArts of the Americaspomonatural fiberprestigedecorative artsglass beadspatternsart of the americasbaskets
About
Given to a bride at her betrothal, twined dowry baskets are some of the largest and most complex objects woven by Pomo artists. The basic pattern of this basket includes different sizes of serrated design motifs that are animated with topknot feathers from the California quail, imported glass beads, and indigenous clamshell beads.
