Indian Baskets of Central California: Art, Culture, and History
"This book provides the most complete study of the exquisite Native American basketry from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay region north to Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino and eastward across the Sacramento Valley to the crest of the Sierras." Nearly 200 full color photographs and drawings illustrate the rare, fine California Indian baskets from great museums and private collections in the United States and Europe. The vast majority of these baskets are illustrated for the first time.
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"This book provides the most complete study of the exquisite Native American basketry from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay region north to Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino and eastward across the Sacramento Valley to the crest of the Sierras." Nearly 200 full color photographs and drawings illustrate the rare, fine California Indian baskets from great museums and private collections in the United States and Europe. The vast majority of these baskets are illustrated for the first time.
San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay area basketryBasketry in native California1Ohlone (Costanoan) basketry of San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay26Esselen basketry of the Big Sur country of Monterey County40Pomo basketry of Sonoma, Mendocino and lake counties46Patwin basketry of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento Valley70Coast Miwok basketry of Marin and Southern Sonoma Counties84Wappo basketry of the Napa Valley and Alexander Valley96Basketry of the interior coast range mountainsYuki basketry of Round Valley in Mendocino County102Huchnom basketry of the Eel River in Mendocino County114Lake Miwok basketry of Lake County120Nomlaki basketry of the Sacramento Valley and the inner coast range124Basketry of the Sierra Nevada and the deltaPlains Miwok basketry of the Sacramento Valley and the delta128Maidu basketry of the Northern Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley132Sierra Miwok basketry of the Southern Sierra Nevada148
