
Mewuk-Style Coiled Basketry
Registration RequiredJanuary/February 2014|#4512
Feb 2, 2014 - Feb 16, 2014
18 yrs +, Mixed
Cultural HistoryAdults
Activity locationCoyote Hills Visitor Center
Description
COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK: Experience the intricacy and ingenuity of Central California Indian basketry. Gain an understanding of a thousands-of-years-old relationship between people and place as you learn to harvest willow and sedge growing along an oak-studded, streamside woodland. You'll be guided through the process of curing, sizing and trimming those materials, along with redbud, before using these plants to create a small, coiled basket with Sierra Mewuk techniques. 18+yrs. Parking fees apply where charged. Registration required.
NOTE: This is a three day program - Feb 2, 9 and 16
Activity meeting dates
Sunday, February 2, 2014,
Sunday, February 9, 2014, and
Sunday, February 16, 2014,
from 10:00am to 4:00pm
More Information
SupervisorNancy Krebs ARD
Number of sessions3
Registration dates
Dec 4, 2013 8:30 AM to Jan 29, 2014
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Notes
This is a three-day program
Bring pocket knife and bowl to the first class. Supplies needed in Weeks 2 and 3 will be explained the first day. The first week we will process basketry materials provided by the Instructor. The second week we will gather basketry materials. The third week you will learn how to weave the basket. Students will end up with a small coiled basketry start, but they will learn everything they need to know to complete the basket on their own. This is a rare opportunity to weave a Mewuk-style coiled basket within the framework of traditionalist cultural proscriptions, using old-time materials and techniques, including how to dig, prune, and harvest the materials in a maner that ensures healthy regrowth of rhizomes and shoots with the qualities needed for basketry.