Backrest or screen of twigs
Artist
Hunkpapa Sioux
Mediumwillow rods
DimensionsOther: 117 × 80 cm (46 1/16 × 31 1/2 in.) (bottom), 40 cm (top)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineGift of Ogden B. Read
Object number1881.3.39
DescriptionMat of peeled willow rods strung together and held parallel by three strips of sinew. Mat tapers gradually toward the top. Top third done in sets of different-colored rods to create a striped pattern. Used as a room divider.On View
Not on viewCollections
20th century
Simon Moselsio
Pomo (Central CA)
Late 19th century
