Elsie Allen learned from her grandmother how to weave Pomo baskets. At boarding school, however, other students made fun of her basket weaving. She began to keep her basket weaving a secret.
In 1962, Allen?s mother asked her to begin making Pomo baskets again. Allen kept the art of weaving Pomo baskets alive. People all over the nation became interested in Allen?s baskets. She wrote a book about Pomo basket weaving. She also showed her baskets at California museums.
Allen taught her grandniece, Susan Billy, how to weave baskets. Billy has exhibited her baskets and carried on the art of Pomo basket weaving.
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