Pomo Indian Baskets @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

"Pomo Indian Basket Weavers: Their Baskets and the Art Market"
A traveling exhibit @ the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

"Pomo Indian Basket Weavers" focuses on a group of fifty weavers who worked during the early years of the 20th century and examines the market in which they sold their creations. Click here for images.

Order the special issue of Expedition Magazine accompanying this exhibit. Includes articles by leading scholars, full color photos of baskets, and historic photos from the Museum's Archives.

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.....Venue List...............................................

Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House
Ukiah, California
May 16, 1998 - September 6, 1998

National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D.C.
October 16, 1998 - January 18, 1999

National Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY
May 9 - August 15, 1999
"...a knockout presentation of the work of 47 early 20th-century Pomo basket makers..."
--The New York Times, June 25, 1999

check out their conexus website, "Celebrating Pomo Basket Weaving"

University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 10, 1999 - February 25, 2001

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Mashantucket, CT
April 21, 2001 - September 3, 2001

Yes, these are actual baskets from the exhibit. No, not ALL the baskets are this size!

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