Louisa (Lasyeh) Francisco (Mrs. Dick Francisco) Bancalache Yokuts, (1857-1953), a finely woven polychrome pictorial bottleneck basket, alternating rattlesnake bands with rows of human figures, a checkerboard ring at the base, checkerboard diagonals defining the neck. diameter 11 1/4in, height 7 1/4in Footnotes: Provenance Transitional Arts, Prescott, AZ A Private Midwest Collection, acquired from the above May 2010 Similar examples to the present lot can be seen in period and contemporary photos illustrated in Garfinkel, Alan P., editor, California Indian Basketry; Ikons of the Florescence, 2021, Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA. p.40 fig. 45 (lower right corner of the top left quadrant), and p.48 figs. 56 and 57. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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