A florescence in Southern Paiute fine coiled basket weaving took place in southern Nevada between 1890 and 1930. These baskets combine features of Panamint Shoshone and Chemehuevi basketry with traits uniquely their own. In the absence of tourist markets so important to the development of fine coiled basketweaving elsewhere, it was local ranchers and others who provided the primary market for the work of Southern Paiute basketmakers.

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Major collections include the Perkins Collection at the Lost City Museum, Overton, Nev.; the Helen J. Stewart Collection; the Nevada State Historical Society collection, Las Vegas; and the Conrad Kiel Collection and the Owen Pauff Collection in the Clark County Museum, Henderson, Nev.

Profiled basketmakers include Hannah Bruce, Maggie Chappo, Topsy Chappo Swain, Nah-wah (Jennie), and Sapoats (Albert Howell's wife).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 53)

Shelf note: Journal analytic.

The collectors and collections Basic characteristics Regional comparisons

Basketmakers Regional subareas and historical implications Conclusions.