Polychrome Cooking Bowl Rattlesnake Pattern

Yokuts

About The Polychrome Cooking Bowl Rattlesnake Pattern

Two appealing design characteristics are this closed coil basket's

This vessel is remarkably firm as well.

Item Location: Phoenix, AZ

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Description	Two appealing design characteristics are this closed coil basket's intermittent rim ticking 3 concentric bands of snake motif This vessel is remarkably firm as well.
About the Artist	"Between 40 and 60 tribes of Yokuts people were situated in Central California. Geographically they were divided into three groups 1) the Southern Valley Yokuts 2) the Northern Valley Yokuts and 3) the Foothill Yokuts. Their economy was based on fishing, hunting land animals and waterfowl and collecting shellfish, roots, seeds and nuts." Native American Basketry of Central California by Christopher L. Moser.
Culture	American Indian
Medium	Weft material (light inn color) is split sedge root. Dark design weft is redbud and bracken fern root.
Size	8 1/3" height X 13" maximum diameter
Coil count	6 coils per inch
Stitch count	13 wefts per inch
Date of creation	Circa 1910
Condition	Excellent to very good. Six rim stitches in split sedge root are missing.
Provenance	K Nel

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