ticketsMember | Make a donation

Ear Sticks

William Benson Eastern Pomo (Clear Lake, California)
ca. 1910
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ear Sticks
  • Artist: William Benson (Eastern Pomo (Clear Lake, California), 1862–1937)
  • Date: ca. 1910
  • Culture: Eastern Pomo (Clear Lake, California)
  • Medium: Incised blue heron leg bones, dogbane string, willow shoot foundation, sedge root weft, feathers (acorn woodpecker, California valley quail topknots), clamshell, magnesite, and abalone
  • Dimensions: 7 11/16 × 2 9/16 in. (19.5 × 6.5 cm)
    Diam. of basketry disc: 1 1/16 in. ( 2.7 cm)
  • Credit Line: Courtesy the Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House, City of Ukiah, California
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing