By: Eva Fognell , Curator of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art
Let me introduce the latest object added to the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art - a large, beautiful Yokuts basket.
It arrived just a short week ago and since then I have spent time researching the basket to find out more about it and its maker. The Yokuts were some of the leading basket makers of Central California. This great basket is tightly coiled and sewn with stitches of sedge root.
The motifs on the basket are stitched with black-dyed bracket fern root and redbud. The diamond-shaped designs are stylized rattlesnakes. It is 9 inches high and 21.5 inches in diameter so it has a demanding presence. It will be out in the gallery in the next few weeks so I hope you stop by and take a look at our latest acquisition.
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