One-rod coiled boat basket

Mary Knight Benson Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California)

ca. 1905

Not on view

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Title: One-rod coiled boat basket
Artist: Mary Knight Benson (Yokayo Pomo (Mendocino County, California), 1878–1930)
Date: ca. 1905
Geography: United States, California
Culture: Yokayo Pomo
Medium: Willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, and dyed bulrush root weft
Dimensions: H. 4 7/16 x W. 10 x D. 22 1/2 in. (11.4 x 25.4 x 57.2 cm)
Classification: Basketry-Containers
Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Object Number: 1979.206.1157
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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