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Yokuts Basket

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Yokuts Basket
SOLD
600.00USD+ (120.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Nov 19 @ 17:04UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Huge basket is in good condition, some rim damage. 24" diam x 15.5" high. Baskets were made from coiled tule reeds that grew near rivers and lakes. The Yokuts women could only use reeds that were no more than one year old because older reeds would not bend as well. The women began by digging up tule roots with a pointed digging stick. Then they split the roots into three different pieces equal in size and length. Next they scraped the pieces smooth. The shorter lengths were twisted together to start the coil for the basket. Once the coil was long enough, the coiling process continued until the sides were built up as high as needed. They also used finely woven in redbud, sedge and bracken fern on a deer grass bundle foundation. Yokuts tribes populated the San Joaquin Valley, from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ("the delta") south to Bakersfield and also the adjacent foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which lies to the east. City: State: California Date: c. 1900's HWAC# 32005