# Wedding Basket

- By: Pomo (Northern California, United States)
- Date: c. 1895
- Medium: Plant fibers, feathers, and glass and clamshell beads
- Classification: Basketry
- Dimensions: 43.2 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm (17 × 25 × 25 in.)
- Culture: California
- Credit line: Mrs. Leonard S. Florsheim Jr. Fund; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/155966)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/18237bd6-d681-2416-9aa5-135262ef87a3/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Given to a bride at her betrothal, twined dowry baskets are some of the largest and most complex objects woven by Pomo artists. The basic pattern of this basket includes different sizes of serrated design motifs that are animated with topknot feathers from the California quail, imported glass beads, and indigenous clamshell beads.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0