Basket
Yokuts artist, Basket, ca. 1900, sedge, redbud, brackenfern root, grass, and quail feathers, The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection, no known copyright restrictions, 91.95.25
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- Title
Basket
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1900
- Medium
sedge, redbud, brackenfern root, grass, and quail feathers
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
9 in x 14 1/2 in
- Collection Area
Native American Art
- Category
California
Baskets
- Object Type
basket
- Cultural Group
Yokuts
- Credit Line
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection
- Accession Number
91.95.25
- Copyright
no known copyright restrictions
- Terms
The Yokuts are some forty to sixty linguistically related tribal groups that historically lived in the San Joaquin valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills of California. They made a variety of coiled basketry forms, including jars with distinct flat shoulders and short, vertical necks. Figurative and representational motifs woven in red and black were common, as were the quail topknots that adorned many Yokuts baskets. The interlocking diamond pattern on the shoulder of this basket is meant to represent a rattlesnake.
