The Maidu women were exemplary basketweavers, weaving highly detailed and useful baskets in sizes ranging from thimbles to huge ones 10 or more feet in diameter. The weaving on some of these baskets is so fine that a magnifying glass is needed to see the strands.

The Maidu were excellent basket weavers who utilized a wide variety of roots, bark, plant stems and leaves such as fern roots, sedge roots, willow twigs, and redbud. Circa: 1910 Diameter: 27in. Height: 20in. The basket is of remarkable size and is in perfect condition.

Maidu Indian Baskets. The Maidu Indians lived in the Northern Sacramento Valley, from the Sacramento River on the west, up the Sierras to the east. The Maidu used coiled baskets as well as many other techniques. Ceremonial Gift Baskets, feasting bowls, trays and miniature baskets all make up the Basketry of these fine weavers.

The soup baskets and smaller saucer-like baskets are finer in texture and weave, and are made of maple, redbud, and a sort of grass or sedge known as tsi’takim.

Basketry traditions are often passed down through generations. The baskets below were made by Mountain Maidu women of the Meadows -Baker families, spanning multiple generations. Each basket is unique and reveals the basketweaver’spersonal and cultural connections to the land. Baskets from the Meadows - Baker Extended Family from

The Maidu are an indigenous people to northern California residing in the central Sierra Nevada in the drainage of the Feather and American rivers and in the Humbug Valley. The Maidu were excellent basket weavers who utilized a wide variety of roots, bark, plant stems and leaves such as fern roots, sedge roots, willow twigs, and redbud.

Dec 15, 1985 · For years Lilly Baker, 74, a full-blooded Maidu who lives on the eastern shore of this large Plumas County lake, about 50 miles east of Red Bluff, has been the last of the Maidu basket weavers.

The Maidu women were famous for weaving beautiful and intricate baskets. They used materials such as roots, bark, stems, and leaves from many different plants to create highly detailed products in a wide range of sizes.

A classic Maidu basket with a triangular pattern in redbud composed of positive and negative triangles repeated three times around the basket. It is missing 14 stitches on the rim and two on the bottom.

Sep 22, 2019 · These handmade baskets symbolize the decades of oppression the Mountain Maidu generations endured. The exhibit showcased handwoven baskets and accessories from four generations of Mountain Maidu Weavers of the Meadows-Baker Family.