Basket

Evalene Cox
Central Miwok
ca. 1940

The maker of this basket wove her daughter's name, "Erna Cox," into its design. Letters first made an appearance on California baskets around the turn of the twentieth century.

Coiled. Redbud, bracken fern root. H 8.3, Dia 13.8 cm

Yosemite National Park, YOSE 120114