A Southern California polychrome pictorial basket Woven in an asymmetrical design in positive and negative fields, showing a profusion of bears, snakes, spread-winged eagle, butterflies, a tortoise or chuckwalla, stars, arrowheads and other elements. diameter 15 3/8in, height 4 5/8in Footnotes: Provenance Bonhams & Butterfields Native American, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art, San Francisco, June 6, 2005, sale 13100, lot 5161 A Private Midwest Collection, acquired at the above When sold in the above auction, the present lot was described as a 'Mission polychrome basket, (by) Mrs. Ramon (Martha Luisa) Pino', with additional provenance stating: 'Purchased by the original collector on February 4, 1915, through a Mrs. Fannie Yokum in San Bernardino County, Southern California.' Presumably this information had been provided by the then-consignor of the basket; absent any corroborating documentation and with no information pertaining to the named maker in any of the available literature, further research is warranted to confirm the maker of this unique basket. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing