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SKU: 5224-1023

Mono Coiled Basketry Bowl By Mollie Chepo


ca. 1910-1925

Early 20th Century

4.5" H x 10 .25" D

Bowl, Lightning Motif, by Mollie Chepo (Northfork Rancherio, Western Mono/Monache)

Sedge root, bracken fern root

Fine stitch, near mint or mint condition. Grandmother of owner was a schoolteacher in Sugar Pine, California and collected local baskets between 1910-1925. Of 23 Mono baskets in the collection, eight were made by Mono weaver Mollie Cheppo/Chepo and one each by Mrs Bill Sherman, Emma Burns, "Old Noonie," Mary Brown and Maggie Walker, Rose Kinsman, Mariposa Nayo and "Old Joaquin." Mono Basketry by some of these same weavers may be found at the Autry National Center of the American West.

Excellent Condition

LWIT: 1826-08

Condition: Excellent

Tribe: Yokuts - Mono

Year Range: 1900 - 1925

Dimensions: 4.5 in10 in

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