Pomo Cradle Baskets:An Introduction

In Pomo Cradle Baskets: An Introduction (Beauty & Love Publishing 2021), Redwood Valley Pomo master weaver Corine Pearce describes the history, wild-crafting, distinct styles, and contemporary use of traditional cradle baskets.

Pomo Cradle Baskets: An Introduction (Beauty & Love Publishing 2021), inaugurates the revitalization of ancestral basketry techniques for the Pomo peoples of Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake counties, Northern California. Redwood Valley Pomo master weaver Corine Pearce describes the history, distinct styles, and contemporary use of traditional cradle baskets, along with notes on wild-crafting and materials storage techniques.

Corine Pearce is a Pomo basket weaver, herbalist, traditional dancer, environmental and cultural advocate, and artist. An enrolled member of the Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo Indians, she traces her ancestry to the First Peoples of Mendocino and Lake counties. A master weaver of cradle baskets, work baskets, twine baskets, and finely beaded and feathered baskets, she works with emerging weavers to revitalize ancestral traditions and gathering sites throughout Northern California. More at www.corinepearce.com