Baskets

LARGE YOKUTS FEAST BOWL

22” diameter x 9” high

woven out of sedge and dyed bracken fern on a grass foundation

11.25 stitches/inch and 8 coils per inch

very good condition with a few rim breaks and missing stitches

circa 1890-1920s

ex: Private Collection

(mc2343)

$4800.

We feel very fortunate being able to offer this rare and wonderful Yokuts feast bowl to our collectors. It is early and very large and few of these have survived the years, much less in such fine condition. Please feel free to contact us if you would like more information.

Marcy Burns American Indian Arts LLC features antique American Indian basketry. We have an extensive and ever-changing inventory of baskets, with a wide variety of prices and types. We value the aesthetics, quality and condition of each item that we sell and we strive to offer the finest examples of basketry within any given category. The baskets generally date from the 1880s to the 1930s.

Marcy Burns American Indian Arts carries baskets from the following regions and tribes: 

(Please note that this list is not all-inclusive. Feel free to contact us about any specific interest that you might have).

SOUTHWESTERN (Arizona, New Mexico) baskets from the Apache, the Akimel O'Odham (Pima), the Havasupai, the Hopi, the Navajo and the Paiute.

GREAT BASIN (Nevada, Eastern California, Utah) baskets from the Chemehuevi, the Washo, and the Panamint.

CALIFORNIAN baskets from the Mission, Kawaiisu, Tubatulabal, Yokuts, Pomo, Mono (Monache), Mono Paiute, Maidu, Miwok, Hupa, Yurok, Karok.

PLATEAU (Washington State, Idaho, Oregon) baskets from the Nez Perces and the Yakima, the Skokomish, Thompson River tribes, Wasco.

NORTHWEST COAST baskets from the Tlingit, Haida, Nootka (Nuu-chahah-nulth)/Makah and the Aleut.

SOUTHEASTERN baskets from the Cherokee and the Chitimacha.