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William Benson Eastern Pomo (Clear Lake, California)
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Title: Ear Sticks
Artist:
William Benson (Eastern Pomo (Clear Lake, California), 1862–1937)
Date: ca. 1910
Culture: Eastern Pomo (Clear Lake, California)
Medium: Incised blue heron leg bones, dogbane string, willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell, magnesite, and abalone
Dimensions:
7 11/16 × 2 9/16 in. (19.5 × 6.5 cm)
Diam. of basketry disc: 1 1/16 in. ( 2.7 cm)
Credit Line: Courtesy the Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House, City of Ukiah, California
