Louisa (Lasyeh) Francisco (Mrs. Dick Francisco) Bancalache Yokuts, (1857-1953), a polychrome bottleneck pictorial basket, the body alternating rattlesnake bands with rows of human figures and whirling log motifs, another rattlesnake band above the shoulder, stylized cruciform, tick mark and checkerboard motifs at the neck, the rim restored. diameter 9 1/2in, height 6in Footnotes: Provenance Kania-Ferrin Gallery, Santa Fe, NM A Private Midwest Collection, acquired from the above November 2002 Illustrated Garfinkel, Alan P., editor, California Indian Basketry; Ikons of the Florescence, 2021, Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA, p. 53, fig. 65. Another example with figures and whirling logs can be seen in a period photo showing 'a portion of the Helen Harvey Collection, circa 1920, Ibid., p.62, fig. 76 (right of center, bottom row). Whether that is the same basket as the present lot in unknown. See Ibid., p.35: 'Louisa Francisco is known today as one of the finest and most important weavers in the history of California basketry. She created many of the best bottleneck baskets made by the Yokuts, with coil counts reaching 12 per inch and stitch counts up to 23 per inch... She wove on grass-bundle foundations, using traditional Yokuts design elements such as water-skaters, flies, quail plumes, rattlesnake bands and most notably humans, and even butterflies. Her weaving style appears to have been unaffected by some of the wider trends characterizing the Florescence - although she clearly took advantage of the newly developed markets of non-Indian buyers to expand and perfect her artistic talents.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing