Basket

Lucy Telles
Mono Lake Paiute
ca. 1923

Pedestals were introduced to Yosemite basketry early in the 20th century. These baskets were expressly made for sale to tourists and collectors.

Coiled. Sedge root, redbud, bracken fern root. H 14.2, Dia 24.1, Dia 14.4 (base) cm
Yosemite National Park, YOSE 28642