Cleveland Museum of Art

Puberty Basket

Date

1890

Medium

coiled, quail and woodpecker feathers, shell, abalone

Culture

California, Pomo, late 19th century

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This finely woven basin is based on a traditional form that young Pomo women used to wash themselves after ceremonial seclusion following their first menses. The example on display, however, was made for the outside market.

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