Yokuts Rattlesnake Design Basketry Bowl, c.1910

Item: NOA1044C
Material:
Size: 11 1/4" height x 21" diameter
Period: Historic
Origin: Yokut

This is an early 20th century Yokuts deep basketry bowl woven in sedge, red bud, bracken fern root, and with a bundle foundation. Two horizontal bands of geometric designs resemble a rattle snake pattern. These two bands are connected in five places by stacked triangles. The basket is in excellent original condition and originally was purchased from Steve Nelson at Mountain Lion Trading in Redondo Beach California.

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