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A Lucy Telles Mono Lake Paiute beaded basket
A Lucy Telles Mono Lake Paiute beaded basket
Item Details
Description
Lucy Telles
Mono Lake Paiute, (1885–1955/6), a globular beaded Field Days basket, the body encircled with a zigzag band flanked by the artist's 'snowflake' devices, the underside with a radiating design.
height 3in, diameter 5in
Footnotes:
Accompanied by a letter from Lucy Telles to Nell McFadzean

Provenance
Ex-Lois Hazelton Collection

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. 120, fig. 226
Condition
An old red paper label on the interior inscribed in ink: 322
Good condition overall. An approximately 1/2in-long section of broken stitches near the rim with possibly a couple of beads lost.
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A Lucy Telles Mono Lake Paiute beaded basket

Estimate $700 - $1,000
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Starting Price $600
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