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This polychrome Chumash tray is woven with a beautiful and classical design with a spiral and a ring of triangles over a background of gold juncus color. Chumash baskets are rare and valuable. Circa: 1820-1850 Diameter: 17in Height: 3 1/2in

This rare Chumash polychrome olla gift basket has a rounded shoulder and is woven with a gold juncus background covered with a net design. The rim has six woven accent decorations. Circa 1875 Diameter: 7in Height:6in

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