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