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C.1900 Yokut Basket.    Wonderful large flared Yokut (YOKOTCH) Indian cooking basket, Central California. The Yokut Indians lived in the foothills above Sanger around Squawvalley, Wondervally, and Dunlap CA. Yokut women used these baskets for cooking acorn meal - the meal and water would be mixed together and heated rocks from the fire would be dropped into the mixture, thus cooking the acorn meal. The stitching in these baskets were tight enough to keep the water in the basket. Local plants were used in the making of the baskets, sedgegrass root was used for buff color, brakenfern for black accents of the design, and redbud used for red accents. To help with the stitching, weavers used an awl carved out of splitdeer bone. The colorful designs were rich in imagery and meaning to the Indians. Many of the designs were patterns found in nature such as deerfeet, deer tracks, rattlesnake, and human figures.
Excellent patination, showing good usage, white meal showing through from interior. 9 spi.
A 2" bite on rim, 1/2" rim wrap missing.
Measurement: 8.5 - 9" H; opening 17.5", base 8".
 
 C.1900 Yokut Basket
G1201 $800.00

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