Basket

Basket

The Pomo Indians of Northern California have long been celebrated for their extraordinary artistry in basket weaving. These once isolated groups of people who spoke different languages and numbered in the thousands, lived off the bounty of the land in a region north of San Francisco. Incorporating materials from their annual harvest, these baskets were made by both women and men, and used for utilitarian and ceremonial purposes. Beginning in the 1870s, baskets became very popular with Anglo-Americans; note the example depicted at lower left in the nearby Jules Tavernier painting of a Pomo coming-of-age ceremony.

Pomo Artist

Pomo

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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