H16.3906

Basket, coiled, (bowl). Redbud and fern root decoration (?). "Poma Tribe, Lake Co.: Treasure basket; 1911."(donor cat.) "Probably Western Mono (or Yokuts)."(Dawson,65) "Basket bowl most likely of Yokuts or less likely of Western Mono origin. Has unusual pattern for Yokuts. Not of Tulares or Pomo origin as previously suggested." (Judy Polanich, 7/92)