Basketry Bowl
CulturePomo, Central California
Dateca. 1900
MediumWillow shoots, sedge root, redbud shoots, and glass beads
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 6 3/8 × 15 1/4 inches (4.45 × 16.19 × 38.74 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. W. David Francisco
Object number72-15/2
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DescriptionCanoe-shaped basket with patterned weave. called Bamshibu (three-rod foundation). Dark areas of pattern set with tur- quoise beads, light areas with dark red beads.Published ReferencesTorrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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