Property from an American Private Collection
Wukchumni Yokuts Polychrome Basket Bowl, attributed to Waysheemlet (Minnie Wilcox Hancock, 1892-1952)
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January 18, 07:52 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Property from an American Private Collection
Wukchumni Yokuts Polychrome Basket Bowl, attributed to Waysheemlet (Minnie Wilcox Hancock, 1892-1952)
Height: 3 ⅛ in (7.9 cm); diameter: 7 ⅞ in (19.7 cm)
The underside of the bowl with an old red bordered paper label, inscribed in black ink: "#176 [/] Minnie Handcock [sic] [/] Spirit Dancer [/] Small Bowl"
Shirley McFadzean, Bakersfield, California
Bob Adams, Tucson, Arizona
American Private Collection, acquired from the above on July 14, 2011
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, long term loan, October 2013 - August 2017
Minnie Wilcox Hancock, or by her Yokuts name Waysheemlet, was a basketweaver of the Wukchumni Yokuts, and is considered one of the most skilled artists of the ‘florescence’ of California Basin basket-making tradition. Her designs include depictions of stylized human figures, animals, and spirits; the depiction of a spirit figure on the present bowl was perhaps influenced by Apache designs and is bounded by classic Yokuts black-bounded red yucca root fields.
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