Pomo Indian Baskets. The Pomo Indians lived in Lake County, California around Clear Lake. Their Basketry is the most versatile and diversified of all Indian Tribes. They made use of feathers, shell beads and glass beads. The Pomo used twined and coiled baskets as well as many other techniques.

Feb 28, 2019 · While Pomo baskets are renowned for their artistry and sophistication, you don’t have to master their challenging techniques to sample the craft. A basket can be made out of all sorts of natural materials, and the basic principles aren’t difficult.

Mar 7, 2024 · Pomo twined basketry, the older of the two basket making techniques, is notable for its use in staple utilitarian basketry as well as for fancy basketry.

Pomo basketry is often admired for the great craftsmanship. The most prominent styles are plaiting, coiling and twining and they often used materials like willow shoots, sedge roots, swamp canes, saguaro cactuses, rye grass, the bark of redbud and more.

Oct 27, 1996 · This deeper basket, also made by Suzanne, sometime before 1971, uses orange oriole feathers for an accent on mallard (black) and meadowlark yellow zigzags. Women made all baskets in most tribes -- except the Pomo. Men did rough basketry -- fish traps, willow cradles.

The Pomo in the coastal region get most of their food from the ocean, the redwoods, rivers and streams. They eat fish, shellfish, snails, seaweed, sea lions, salt, deer, elk, small mammals and mussels.

Jul 7, 2015 · Here in Lake County, California, we find the birthplace of the celebrated Pomo baskets, whose technical artistry is unique, unsurpassed and recognized worldwide as one of the most enduring examples of Native American culture.