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Pomo Cradle board

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 600.00 USD
Pomo Cradle board
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Pomo Indian Sit-Down Cradle, the "U" form cradle made of bent willow branches, wicker work, steel wire secured with cotton cord, with rounded area for child to sit in. This cradle is in good overall condition with moderate wear. The overall length is 18", width is 14" and depth is 6.5". The Pomo people are an indigenous people of California. The historic Pomo territory in northern California was large, bordered by the Pacific Coast to the west, extending inland to Clear Lake, and mainly between Cleone and Duncans Point. The Pomo Indians are known as masters of basket weaving and jewelry making. Some of their most famous dances are “Ghost Dance” and “Far South”. During a “Ghost Dance” ceremony, they believed that the dead were recognized. And a “Far South” dance was celebrated as the rite passage for children to the tribe. Many Pomo languages disappeared and have been replaced by English. There are about twelve Pomo languages that are used by Pomo people nowadays. Most of the remaining Pomo people live in reservations now. The people called Pomo were originally linked by location, language, and cultural expression. They were not socially or politically linked as one large unified group. Instead, they lived in small groups or bands, linked by geography, lineage and marriage. Traditionally they relied upon fishing, hunting and gathering for their food. The name Pomo originally meant "those who live at red earth hole" and was once the name of a village in southern Potter Valley near the present-day community of Pomo. It may have referred to local deposits of the red mineral magnesite, used for red beads, or to the reddish earth and clay, such as hematite, mined in the area. By the year 1877 (possibly beginning with Powers), the use of Pomo had been extended in English to mean the entire people known today as the Pomo.





City: Northern California
State: California,
Date: c. 1900

FHWAC#: 24905