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Three-rod coiled negative basket
Big Valley Pomo (Lake County, California)
Not on view
The usual color scheme of Pomo basketry is reversed in this elegant "negative" basket, in which the maker utilized dyed bulrush roots to create a black background. Negative baskets took longer to produce and required greater skill, because bulrush roots are more difficult to source, harvest, and weave than the more commonly used golden-colored sedge roots.
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