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Indian baskets of central California : art, culture, and history : Native American basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay north to Mendocino and east to the Sierras

Title
Indian baskets of central California : art, culture, and history : Native American basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay north to Mendocino and east to the Sierras / Ralph Shanks ; Lisa Woo Shanks, editor.
Author
Shanks, Ralph C.
Publication
Novato, Calif. : Costaño Books in association with Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM) ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washing ton Press, [2006], ©2006.

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  • Shanks, Lisa Woo.
  • Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin.
Description
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 29 cm.
Summary
"This book provides the most complete study of the exquisite Native American basketry from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay region north to Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino and eastward across the Sacramento Valley to the crest of the Sierras." "Nearly 200 full color photographs and drawings illustrate the rare, fine California Indian baskets from great museums and private collections in the United States and Europe. The vast majority of these baskets are illustrated for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
  • Volume 1 of the Indian baskets of California and Oregon series
  • MAPOM publication ; no. 8
Uniform Title
  • Indian baskets of California and Oregon series ; v. 1.
  • MAPOM publication ; no. 8.
Alternative Title
Native American basketry from San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay north to Mendocino and east to the Sierras
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.
Contents
San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay area basketry -- Basketry in native California -- Ohlone (Costanoan) basketry of San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay -- Esselen basketry of the Big Sur country of Monterey County -- Pomo basketry of Sonoma, Mendocino and lake counties -- Patwin basketry of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento Valley -- Coast Miwok basketry of Marin and Southern Sonoma Counties -- Wappo basketry of the Napa Valley and Alexander Valley -- Basketry of the interior coast range mountains -- Yuki basketry of Round Valley in Mendocino County -- Huchnom basketry of the Eel River in Mendocino County -- Lake Miwok basketry of Lake County -- Nomlaki basketry of the Sacramento Valley and the inner coast range -- Basketry of the Sierra Nevada and the delta -- Plains Miwok basketry of the Sacramento Valley and the delta -- Maidu basketry of the Northern Sierra Nevada and Sacramento Valley -- Sierra Miwok basketry of the Southern Sierra Nevada.
ISBN
0930268180
LCCN
2005907400
OCLC
  • ocm67774451
  • SCSB-5265584
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries