A Yosemite basket
1102
A Mono Lake Paiute polychrome basket
Maggie Howard, very tightly woven with a composition of surmounted chevrons alternating with series of wing-like elements.
height 4 3/4in, diameter 9in
Sold for US$ 4,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Ill:
    Bates, Craig and Lee, Martha, 1990, p. 154, fig. 289, for a photo of Ms. Howard seated with a number of baskets, this example seen in front of a tree to her left. A second photo of Howard with this basket in hand is included with the lot though the source of the photo is unknown.

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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