At approximately three feet in Diameter, this most famous of Lucy Telles' baskets took four years to weave. The serrated motif is known as a flame pattern. It is a variation on a traditional Miwok pattern and was used often by both Lucy Telles and Carrie Bethel.
Coiled. Bracken fern root, redbud, sedgeroot. H 48.4, W 91 cm
Yosemite National Park, YOSE 13761
Lucy Telles
Lucy Telles, also known as Pa-ma-has (1885-1955) seated beside her largest basket, completed in 1933 after about four years of work, Yosemite.
