Luiseño Basket with Incurving Rim and Grasshopper Stitching [SOLD]

On examination, this basket appears to be Southern Mission, particularly from the Luiseño region.  The Luiseño territory is coastal Southern California and the tribal name derives from the San Luis Rey Mission established in1798 near Oceanside.  

Luiseño coiled baskets have grass foundations and the stitches coil right or clockwise and always slant left when viewed from the finished side.  Materials generally are juncus and sumac. The ends of the sumac are bound under giving the characteristic grasshopper stitching or fag end stitching, sometimes referred to as mission stitch.  This is easily seen in this basket.

The design appears as double row U-shaped elements executed in red dyed sumac. The remainder of the basket was made from golden color sumac. 

Condition: very good condition

Provenance:  this Luiseño Basket with Incurving Rim and Grasshopper Stitching is from the estate of a former client from Upstate New York

Reference and Recommended Reading:  Native American Basketry of Southern California by Christopher L. Moser, Riverside Museum