Lucy Telles
Mono Lake Paiute, (1885–1955/6), a finely woven polychrome degikup basket, the rounded sides adorned in a solid color zigzag band lined with sharp tapering serrates, with repeated diamond and chevron arrangements in the reserves.
height 6 1/2in, diameter 11 1/2in
Footnotes:
Notes on this basket by Ella Cain read: '10D, Large Basket, Lucy Telles / Third prize Yosemite field day. Pictured with Governor Richardson.' Craig Bates responds to Mrs. Cain's notes by further suggesting: 'Despite Cain's comment, a careful examination of the photograph of Governor Richardson shows that this basket is not the one in that picture. It is, instead, the basket exhibited by Lucy Telles at the 1924 Indian Field Days, and is easily seen in several photographs taken at that event.'

Provenance
Ex-Ella M. Cain Collection; by descent through the family
Sold: Bonhams, San Francisco, CA, Native American, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art, 5 December, 2005, sale 13314, lot 1112

Illustrated
Lindbergs, Ingmars and Haas, Jim, The Ella Cain Collection of Mono Lake Paiute Basketry, 2005, Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CA, p. 24

Literature
For a similar example, see Bates, Craig D, Tradition and Innovation: A Basket History of the Indians of the Yosemite-Mono Lake Area, 1991, Yosemite Assn, p. 97, fig. 186

Fabric label on the interior inscribed: 10D
Good condition overall with some minor dust accumulation, one or two lost stitches, and a handful of abraded stitches commensurate with age.