Kawaiisu
The Kawaiisu Indians live in the Tehachapi Valley of southern California and in the Tehachapi pass of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains.The Kawaiisu used twining and coiling techniques for their baskets. They used split and sized willow for wefts, and unsplit willow for warps in twining. In coiling, the Kawaiisu used many different roots for coiling depending on what color they wanted.
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A fine Kawaiisu basket
Item#: 9017
Decorated in variations of zigzag motifs, which are employed throughout the basket, as well as solid horizontal bands of yucca around the center.
Circa: 1905
Diameter: 9in
Height: 6in
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
An early Kawaiisu polychrome olla
Item#: 5093E
finely woven and decorated with stair designs.
Circa: 1900
Diameter: 12in
Height: 8 1/2in
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
A wonderful Kawaiisu polychrome bottleneck basket jar
Item#: SOLD - 3015
Decorated on the sides with a wide pair of rattlesnake bands encircling the body. A star, with more rattlesnake design is on the base.
Provenance: Ex- F. Llewelyn Collection, New York. Sold at Skinner sale #1353 Feb. 9, 1991 , Bolton, MA, Cat: #227
Circa: 1900
Diameter: 10 7/8in
Height: 7 3/4in
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
A rare Kawaiisu olla shaped polychrome basket
Item#: 7048
decorated with four horizontal bands around the base and the neck has nine inch worms.
Circa: 1895
Diameter: 8in
Height: 8in
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
A rare, finely woven Kawaiisu polychrome flame bowl
Item#: 6061
Extremely finely woven. The flared sides are adorned with four bold serrated bands rising from the bottom of the basket in red, and outlined in black. Ticking on the rim.
Circa: 1895
CPI: 12
Diameter: 11 1/2in
Height: 5in
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu bowl
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu miniature bottleneck
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu butterfly bowl by Rosenita Marcus Hicks
Item#: 5414
This beautiful Butterfly basket was woven by Native Kawaiisu basket weaver Rosenita (Rosie) Marcus Hicks, circa 1910. The twenty four butterfly designs are in willow, bracken fern and Joshua tree root. It was the inspiration for C.A. Waldman's book "The Butterfly Basket."
Circa: 1910
Diameter: 12in
Height: 5 1/2in
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Indian Baskets - Kawaiisu
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