Mission
The Mission Indian baskets mostly originated from the tribes gathered around the San Clemente area. Mission Indians often incorporated pictorials, eagles, snakes, and other animals into their designs.The Mission Indians are actually groups of different tribes who were mixed together during the early mission days. At the time, missionaries were forcibly relocating locals to the missions as workers and residents. It was at these missions that the tribes would mix together and later be known as Mission Indians.
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A Rare Mission Cahuilla Woman's Hat

Item#: SOLD - 5073
Woven by Mary Quintano of the Martinez Reservation. The hat has a horizontal polychrome band of diamonds.
Circa: 1915
Diameter: 8in
Height: 4 1/2in
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Indian Baskets - Mission
Cahuilla Mission olla basket with five condors
Item#: 5016-50
Mrs Castro's Olla Basket, a fine and rare olla-shaped basket decorated with five California condors and a meander, or Greek key fret design. The Cahuilla celebrated numerous avian species in their celebrated bird songs.
Circa: 1915
Diameter: 10 1/2in
Height: 7in
Pictured in the book Southern California Indian Basketry, page 97.
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Indian Baskets - Mission
A Mission Turtle basket

Item#: 3089
Decorated with a large turtle in the center and two on the sides.
Circa: 1910
Diameter: 11in
Height: 2in
Deaccessioned from the Hopewell Museum, NJ
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Indian Baskets - Mission
A Mission pictorial bowl basket
Item#: 5016-15
Featuring on its sides eagles, deer, and men and women holding hands. It too has a star on the bottom.
Circa: 1920
Diameter: 13in
Height: 9 1/2in
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Indian Baskets - Mission
A Mission tray with a squirrel, rabbit and deer
Item#: 5016-58
With a star in the center.
Circa: 1915
Length: 15in
Width: 13 1/2
Height: 3 1/2in
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Indian Baskets - Mission
Mission pictorial hat by Abe Sanchez
Item#: 8187
This highly decorated Mission hat by Abe Sanchez includes in its woven, polychrome design: insects, spiders, butterflies, scorpion, bees, dragonflies, beetles, and birds, as well as geometric designs.
Circa: 2004
Diameter: 16in
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Indian Baskets - Mission
A contemporary Mission rattlesnake tray
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Indian Baskets - Mission
Mission hat with bugs, elk and bats
Item#: 5005-18
This polychrome Mission hat by Abe Sanchez is woven with images of insects, bats and elk, among its geometric designs.
Circa: 2000
Diameter: 16in
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Indian Baskets - Mission
Mission tray
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Indian Baskets - Mission
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