Seeds, berries, nuts, roots and fruits, as well as gamebirds, animals and fish, were important Pomo foods. Basketry tools for hunting, gathering and preparing foods included traps, containers, and seed-beaters used to gather seeds into a deep seed-gathering basket. Although basketry was primarily women's art, Pomo men also could weave. This seed-beater was created using an openwork diagonal twining technique. Field photo: Smithsonian Institution Negative # 75-14715