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SKU: 260929-01

Yokuts Bottleneck Basket with Quail Top Knots

$6,480.00

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ca. 1890

5.625" H x 7.875" D

A Fine Bottleneck Basket with a Snake Bands Motif and Quail Top Knots with Red Trade Cloth at Shoulder

In Very Good Condition

The rattlesnake motif is not decorative — it’s a protective symbol. In Yokuts oral tradition, rattlesnakes are guardians and powerful beings. Placing their pattern on a bottleneck basket was a way to Protect the contents
Signal spiritual potency Display the weaver’s mastery (the pattern is technically demanding)These baskets were often made by high‑status weavers and could take months to complete.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Yokuts - Mono

Year Range: 1875 - 1900

Region: Southwest

Dimensions: 5.63 in7.88 in

Category: Basket - Bottleneck

Shipping

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