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1800s; Gift of Emmett Harris, 1985; No. 2.2E179

FEATHERED BASKET Pomo

A fully feathered Pomo basket was a special possession, treasured through life and sometimes cremated with the owner at death. Women presented these baskets to young girls, newly married sons-in-law, and mothers upon the birth of a child.