The Yokuts are some forty to sixty linguistically related tribal groups that historically lived in the San Joaquin valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills of California. They made a variety of coiled basketry forms, including jars with distinct flat shoulders and short, vertical necks. Figurative and representational motifs woven in red and black were common, as were the quail topknots that adorned many Yokuts baskets. The interlocking diamond pattern on the shoulder of this basket is meant to represent a rattlesnake.

• Collection History Provenance

  The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

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• Type of Item basket
• Culture Yokuts
• Material sedge grass, redbud, brackenfern root, grass, quail feather
• Measurements height 9.0 in, width 14.5 in (overall)

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• Creator Yokuts artist

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• Creation Date during 1895

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• Categories California; Baskets