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ProvenanceGerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.268.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 287.
Culture
Yokuts
Bowl
Datec. 1900
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 14 3/8 in. (17.8 × 36.5 cm)
Object numberT0143
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThe Yokuts, particularly the northern Foothill Yokuts, were some of the leading basketmakers of south-central California. Their greatest baskets were coiled from right to left with a tight bundle of deer grass and very tightly sewn with small stitches of sedge root. (c.f. Bates and Lee 1990, fig.126; Silva and Cain 1976, p.45) The color is gray-tan and the encircling bands are stitched with black dyed bracken fern root and redbud. The diamonds in the bands were referred to as rattlesnakes, and it was believed that medicine men kept snakes in them for ceremonies. The band of black horses is unusual and seems to be more characteristic of Mono than Yokuts. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)ProvenanceGerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.268.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 287.
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