A Paiute basket The deep bowl woven with a series of diagonal stepped bands of varying lengths descending from the rim. diameter 8 1/2in, height 4 3/4in Footnotes: Notes on this basket by Ella Cain read: 'No 5C - Paiute Indian willow basket. Maker unknown. Design - Whirlwinds. Bought in Evan's store, Bridgeport, Calif around 1934.' 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 6278 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. 80 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing