Pomo Basketmaking a supreme art for the weaver, 1991
Entry/Object ID
2020.17.1
Scope and Content
Pomo Basketmaking a supreme art for the weaver. Written by Allen Elsie. Yellow and white cover. Front cover shows two Pomo baskets.
"In this book Elsie Allen's unsual life is told to us by her gand-daughter, while Elsie herself shows us in detail how her people created some of the most beautiful baskets known to man. Truly we see reflected in her work something of the character of the marvelous Pomo women of yesterday, including her own mother, who devoted patience, skill and a unique genius to this art in those long centuries of time when the Pomo dwelt in this land."
"How to make the baskets yourself is shown in detailed descriptions, and accurate drawings and photographs, some illustrating the busy fingers of Elsie Allen doing each step in the process. Many illustrations of Pomo baskets give us ideas of design and form. The section on how to collect materials for the baskets leads the user of this book into field and mountain, streamside and forest. By digging in the good earth for roots used in weaving baskets and gathering the twigs of willows and Red-bud trees, as do the Pomo, you leave behind the artificialities of our civilization and feel in all your senses the good spirit of Earth and Sky."
