A Kawaiisu or Tubatulabul bottleneck basket
Woven in an interrupted or grasshopper stitch in a pattern of stepped diagonals, solitary squares at the shoulder.
height 8 1/2in, diameter 12 3/4in
height 8 1/2in, diameter 12 3/4in
Sold for
US$ 5,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The collector's notes describe this basket as Yokuts. See Moser, Christopher L., 1986, p.72, for a consideration of the scholarly debate regarding the origins this distinct self-wrap and stitch technique, and whether it can be attributed to the Wikchumne Yokuts or is solely the work of a small number of Kawaiisu weavers.
Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American
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