Nellie Jameson Washington Mono Lake Paiute (Kuzedika), (1903-c.1930s), the polychrome degikup form basket covered with complementary triangle-tipped zigzag bands in contrasting colors, similar cruciform devices as accents. diameter 13 1/2in, height 7 3/4in Footnotes: Original Ella Cain tag reads: 'No 9D - Paiute Indian Grass Root Basket, made by Nellie Jameson. Design means 'Steep mountain peaks with valleys between.' Took Second Prize at June Lake Field Day - 1927'. An additional notation reads: '9D Nellie Johnson Jameson (?) Mono Lake around 1929. I call this beautiful basket the 'H' basket because I am Helen'; this latter comment apparently written by Ella Cain's daughter Helen. Provenance Ella M. Cain Collection, Bridgeport, CA; by descent through the family Sold: Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CA, Native American, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art, June 12, 2006, sale 13668, lot 6181 A Private Midwest Collection, acquired at the above Illustrated Lindbergs, Ingmars and Haas, Jim, The Ella Cain Collection of Mono Lake Paiute Basketry, 2005, Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CA, p. 25 Garfinkel, Alan P., editor, California Indian Basketry; Ikons of the Florescence, 2021, Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA, p. 112, fig. 179 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing