Stunning Yokuts polychrome Oblong Friendship Basket - SOLD
Circa 1900
Height 8" Width 15 1/2"
Provenance: Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991
A deep oblong basket with partially ticked rim above a wide rattlesnake band, with two rows of male and female figures clasping hands near the base.
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.41, fig.79. "(A) storage or general utility basket... The decoration consists of a band of the 'diamondback rattlesnake' design and two bands of 'friendship figures'."
Circa 1900
Height 8" Width 15 1/2"
Provenance: Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991
A deep oblong basket with partially ticked rim above a wide rattlesnake band, with two rows of male and female figures clasping hands near the base.
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.41, fig.79. "(A) storage or general utility basket... The decoration consists of a band of the 'diamondback rattlesnake' design and two bands of 'friendship figures'."
Circa 1900
Height 8" Width 15 1/2"
Provenance: Clay P. Bedford, Phoenix, Arizona
A Notable California Collection, acquired from the above circa 1991
A deep oblong basket with partially ticked rim above a wide rattlesnake band, with two rows of male and female figures clasping hands near the base.
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.41, fig.79. "(A) storage or general utility basket... The decoration consists of a band of the 'diamondback rattlesnake' design and two bands of 'friendship figures'."