Native American Indian Basketry

California Indian Baskets
Perhaps some of the most well constructed baskets and hats, California tribes such as the Hupa, Karok, and Yurok, created extremely fine twining baskets.
Additionally, the American Indians of the central valley created Tulare jars. the bowls shape abrupt angles that have small mouths. It is typically called a bottleneck and is very difficult to weave.

YUROK, KAROK, AND HUPA INDIAN BASKETS
yurok karok hupa indian basket this group is actually a group of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho basketmakers. Twined using bear grass and or maidenhair, the bowl is sometimes confused with the hat by the same tribes.

POMO INDIAN BASKETS
The Pomo of Northern California are best identified by the herringbone pattern. The zigzags and spherical bowls are twined using willow root, sedge root, and/or redbud shoots.
The Pomo are also known for their feathered bowls. Using shell discs and abalone pendants, the entire bowl is 'covered' with feathers. this type of bowl is typically used as a gift in honor of a deceased person.

WASHO INDIAN BASKETS
washo basket Datsolalee is the most famous of basketmakers in my opinion. Her bowls were of technical excellence and consisted of geometric proportioned bowls. Typically, they were expressed as vertical patterns on a bowl.