Aida Maggie Icho Yokut Basket
1920s
Height 6" Diameter 12"
Provenance: Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991
Wukchumni Yokuts, (c. late 19th century - d.1964), a finely woven polychrome basketry bowl designed with a pair of rattlesnake bands enclosing pairs of diagonal stepped bands issuing quail topknot elements.
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.34, fig. 64. "The weaver of this basket was of the foothill tribe of Wukchumne, and was named 'Wahnomkot' (Aida Icho) who manufactured baskets primarily between 1924 and 1928... The decoration consists of zoomorphic forms of the 'diamondback rattlesnake,' the 'quail plume,' which is indicated by the black angular lines, and the solid rectangular shaped 'ants.' These design elements woven into the basket illustrate the three enemies of the rattlesnake and are meant as a symbolic warning to all rattlesnakes."
1920s
Height 6" Diameter 12"
Provenance: Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991
Wukchumni Yokuts, (c. late 19th century - d.1964), a finely woven polychrome basketry bowl designed with a pair of rattlesnake bands enclosing pairs of diagonal stepped bands issuing quail topknot elements.
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.34, fig. 64. "The weaver of this basket was of the foothill tribe of Wukchumne, and was named 'Wahnomkot' (Aida Icho) who manufactured baskets primarily between 1924 and 1928... The decoration consists of zoomorphic forms of the 'diamondback rattlesnake,' the 'quail plume,' which is indicated by the black angular lines, and the solid rectangular shaped 'ants.' These design elements woven into the basket illustrate the three enemies of the rattlesnake and are meant as a symbolic warning to all rattlesnakes."
1920s
Height 6" Diameter 12"
Provenance: Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991
Wukchumni Yokuts, (c. late 19th century - d.1964), a finely woven polychrome basketry bowl designed with a pair of rattlesnake bands enclosing pairs of diagonal stepped bands issuing quail topknot elements.
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.34, fig. 64. "The weaver of this basket was of the foothill tribe of Wukchumne, and was named 'Wahnomkot' (Aida Icho) who manufactured baskets primarily between 1924 and 1928... The decoration consists of zoomorphic forms of the 'diamondback rattlesnake,' the 'quail plume,' which is indicated by the black angular lines, and the solid rectangular shaped 'ants.' These design elements woven into the basket illustrate the three enemies of the rattlesnake and are meant as a symbolic warning to all rattlesnakes."