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Girl's Coiled Dowry or Puberty Basket (kol-chu or ti-ri-bu-ku)

Jenny Hughes

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This coiled Pomo basket displays symmetrical geometric designs and feather and shell-bead embellishments. Between 1890 and 1920, basket collecting by enthusiasts, dealers, and scientists had reached its height, and Pomo examples were the most coveted because of their fine weave and dazzling patterns.

Modeled on a traditional form, this basket was made for sale at time of extreme economic hardship for Native people in California.

Caption

Jenny Hughes (Pomo). Girl's Coiled Dowry or Puberty Basket (kol-chu or ti-ri-bu-ku), late 19th century. Willow, sedge root, bulrush root, black quail topknots, red woodpecker crest feathers, Olivella shell beads, cotton string, 7 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm) mount (deck): 7 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund, 07.467.8308. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Girl's Coiled Dowry or Puberty Basket (kol-chu or ti-ri-bu-ku)

Date

late 19th century

Medium

Willow, sedge root, bulrush root, black quail topknots, red woodpecker crest feathers, Olivella shell beads, cotton string

Classification

Container

Dimensions

7 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm) mount (deck): 7 × 14 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (17.8 × 36.8 × 36.8 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1907, Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

07.467.8308

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Artists and makers

Jenny Hughes

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