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Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket with irregular edges convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.
Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket with irregular edges and convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.
Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket in storage, with convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.
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  • Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket with irregular edges convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.
  • Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket with irregular edges and convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.
  • Side-view of an ochre-brown oval woven basket in storage, with convex sides featuring two patterned stripes of dark-brown figures holding hands separated by horizontally running stripes.

Unknown Maker, Yokuts

Oval Basket

Maker

Unknown Maker, Yokuts

Culture

Yokuts, Native North American

Title

Oval Basket

Year

1800s

Medium

  • Deer grass (foundation),
  • sedge root,
  • redbud,
  • dyed bracken fern root; bundle coiled

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Deer grass (foundation),
  • sedge root,
  • redbud,
  • dyed bracken fern root; bundle coiled

Materials

willow

Geography

Place Made: California

Dimensions

17.5 x 35.6 cm (6 7/8 x 14 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1997.24.9

Type

  • Fiber Art

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets
Weavings from the American West
Jul 02, 2004 – Oct 10, 2004

Label copy

Dances, such as the one depicted on this basket, were an important part of Yokuts ritual life. Dances were held for seasonal ceremonies and for more mundane reasons, such as to prevent snakebite.

Anonymous gift 1997.24.9

Recent Acquisitions
Inclusive and Diverse
Feb 18, 2000 – Apr 16, 2000

Label copy

This oval basket came with a gift of 23 Native American baskets from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the best period for the most skilled western basketmaking tribes.

This gift expands exponentially the range and quality of our already good American Indian basket collection, and allows us to show beautiful examples from many areas and many periods. Yokuts baskets are known for their texture, the result of coiling bundled plant material. The design of 45 figures holding hands is extremely charming and is characteristic of these oval baskets made in California's central valley.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Yokuts
Oval Basket, 1800s
Deer grass (foundation), sedge root, redbud, dyed bracken fern root; bundle coiled
17.5 x 35.6 cm (6 7/8 x 14 inches)
Anonymous gift 1997.24.9

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