Louisa (Lasyeh) Francisco (Mrs. Dick Francisco) Bancalache Yokuts, (1857-1953), a polychrome bottleneck Friendship basket, 18 human figures encircling the base above the shoulder, stepped diagonals up the neck, the body populated with fringed diamonds and triangles framed by fretwork bands. diameter 9 7/8n, height 5 3/8in Footnotes: Provenance Herbert G. Wellington Collection Transitional Arts, Prescott, AZ A Private Midwest Collection, acquired from the above August 2009 Illustrated See: Ewing, Douglas C., Pleasing the Spirits: A Catalogue of a Collection of American Indian Art, 1982, Ghylen Press, New York, NY, p. 317, fig. 380 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing