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This Rare Panamint cradle was woven by Mamie Joaquin Button c.1943. It is fashioned from a symmetrically branched sapling which extends to a sharp point beyond the cradle base so that it can be inserted into the ground, holding the baby upright off the ground while the mother works. The main structure is held together using sinew lashings. The sun bonnet has red and blue yarn woven in and at each end is a dangle of beads and seeds. An old leather strap for carrying is attached. From the Eva Slater Collection. Circa: 1943 Length: 50in.

Beautifully woven with willow, sedge, brackenfern, and redbud. Circa:1930 Diameter: 16 1/2in Height: 8in Tina Charlie was a regular competitor in the Yosemite Field Days basket competition and others around California. One of the foremost Mono Lake Paiute weavers, Tina Charlie (1869?1962) is known for weaving large and fancy baskets as well as producing excellent traditional and utilitarian baskets. The beautiful basket featured here is displayed in front of Tina in the photo shown.

This polychrome Paiute Yosemite Field Days basket is made of split sedge root (buff), dyed bracken root (black), split winter redbud shoots (reddish), and willow shoots (foundation). It is fine woven with 30 SPI and 7 CPI Circa: 1929 Diameter: 8 1/2in Height: 5in

Decoration is red and black triangles arranged in "V" form with other red and black patterns. The basket is finely stitched 20SPI and 7CPI. Old basket tag 12E. Weaver: Maria Harry, Bodie CA Diameter: 11in Height: 5 1/2in

The basket is decorated with six rows of 300 arrowheads. The well-woven basket has materials of split sedge root (buff), dyed bracken root (black), and willow shoots (foundation). Circa: 1925 Diameter: 9 1/2in Height: 6 1/4in SPI 24 CPI 8

This Paiute degikup-shaped polychrome basket is finely woven with 28 stitches per inch Circa: 1925 Diameter: 5 1/4in Height: 3in

This degikup shaped basket is decorated in bold red and black designs completely covering the sides of the three-rod coiled basket. Weaver: Selena Jackson (1874-1969) Circa: 1910 Diameter: 5" Height: 2 1/2"

This large Pomo basket woven with a beautiful repeating design over the entire body, and is accented with clam shells, glass beads and top knots. It is in perfect condition. Circa: 1900 Diameter: 21in Height: 13 1/2in Provenance: The Hartman Collection Exhibited: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

The basket is decorated with a beautiful polychrome design representing diamond back rattlesnakes in bands on the body and framed good luck symbols of rolling logs going around the sides and shoulder. The good luck symbol occurred after contact with the Europeans. Red Yarn is going around the edge of the shoulder, and a star is woven on the bottom. Circa 1910. The tag on the bottom is dated 1927. Diameter: 11in Height: 6" Weaver: Minnie Hancock