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SKU: 5224-1735

Yokuts Indian Basket / Friendship Motif - Treasure Basket

$2,655.00

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Early 20th Century

 6" H x 3.375" D

A very rare use of beads at shoulder.

Tightly woven basket with beads around shoulder, band of rattlesnake diamonds at upper body and band of people with red and black heads with arms stretched out in a circle dance. With 2 beads missing, otherwise Mint condition.

The Yokuts people, native to the San Joaquin Valley and foothills of the Sierra Nevada, are renowned for their exquisite basketry. This is a large Acorn Mush Bowl and would have been used in both the storage of Acorns, and the cooking of Acorn mush. Shows light native use. A superior weave and execution.

Condition: Excellent

Tribe: Yokuts - Mono

Year Range: 1900 - 1925

Region: California

Dimensions: 6 in3.38 in

Category: Basket - Beaded Basket

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