Pomo Storage Basket

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Pomo Storage Basket

Description

Nice little basket made for storing small articles. Made in a somewhat organic shape out of wild cherry branches.

Made/Created

Artist

Lucy Parker

Date made

2014

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central California

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Pomo

Native American

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Diameter

4 in

Materials

Material

Wild Cherry

Material Notes

Made entirely of unpeeled wild cherry branches.

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Non-Intersecting Layered Spokes

Twined Finish

Self binding, 90° angle

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Open Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Wild Cherry

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Wild Cherry

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)