Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . Thk Gakter Snake Design in Pomo Baskets. I/>/,//,- „1 POMO INDIAN BASKETS. 27. Ka-SHAI-SHAI IrfDO (the BUTTERFI-l). \Rlatc 12] Feathers are used in two ways on baskets by thePomos. In the first way, they are secondary to the de-sign, and only give a bit of color or a finishing touch to abasket with a pretty design. For this purpose the quail plumeand the red feathers from the woodpeckers head are almost theonly ones used. The red feathers are oftener placed regularlybut thinly on the lighter-colored fiber on the upper half of thebasket, and the quail p
Pomo Indian baskets and their makers . Thk Gakter Snake Design in Pomo Baskets. I/>/,//,- „1 POMO INDIAN BASKETS. 27. Ka-SHAI-SHAI IrfDO (the BUTTERFI-l). \Rlatc 12] Feathers are used in two ways on baskets by thePomos. In the first way, they are secondary to the de-sign, and only give a bit of color or a finishing touch to abasket with a pretty design. For this purpose the quail plumeand the red feathers from the woodpeckers head are almost theonly ones used. The red feathers are oftener placed regularlybut thinly on the lighter-colored fiber on the upper half of thebasket, and the quail plumes scattered, or below three crests of kaia on the upper edge of the basket. These the Indians donot consider feathered baskets at all. In the feathered basket proper, there is little or no design inthe fiber, and the basket is closely covered with feathers. TheIndians divide fully-featheredbaskets into two classes, theta-pi-ca and the e-pi-ca. The ta-pi-ca (literallyRED basket) is what is known among basket collectors anddealers as the sitn basket. The name sun basket is, I sup-pose, owing to a misinterpretatio
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