Pomo Miniature Tule Basket

Twined Basket

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Anytown Museum

Name/Title

Pomo Miniature Tule Basket

Entry/Object ID

2019.6.1

Description

Miniature tule basket with four opaque white hexagonal glass beads added just below the rim

Acquisition

Accession

2019.6

Source or Donor

Scott Baker

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of my mother who was a lifelong admirer of Native American culture

Made/Created

Artist

Julia Parker

Date made

2017

Notes

Julia noted that she takes up some of the scraps left by the "youngsters" and makes toy baskets such as this out of them.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Pomo
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket, Trinket

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Height

2-1/4 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Material

Tule, Beads

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Non-intersecting spokes

Twined Finish

Self binding, 180°angle

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Closed Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Tule

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Tule

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)