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Lot 174

A Yokuts polychrome oblong friendship basket

24 April 2025, 11:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$5,760 inc. premium

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A Yokuts polychrome oblong friendship basket

A deep oblong basket with partially ticked rim above a wide rattlesnake band, with two rows of male and female figures clasping hands near the base.
height 8in, width 18 1/2in, depth 15 1/2in

Footnotes

Provenance
Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991

Exhibited
The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, "Western North American Indian Baskets from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford," April 16 - October 19, 1980

Illustrated
Bedford, Clay P., Western North American Indian Baskets: from the collection of Clay P. Bedford, 1980, The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, p.41, fig.79. "(A) storage or general utility basket... The decoration consists of a band of the 'diamondback rattlesnake' design and two bands of 'friendship figures'."

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