Basket Designs of the Pomo Indians
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A preliminary account by S. A. Barrett of the design vocabulary in Pomo basketry from central California, based on 1904 fieldwork. It outlines the coiled and twined techniques and basket forms, then describes the 29 named design elements (animal, plant, and geometric), the qualifying terms that modify them, and how complex pattern names are built. Two plates show Pomo baskets with animal designs and arrowhead variations. Comparisons are made with design naming among the Hupa, Karok, Yurok, and Maidu.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1905
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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