Very large Native American Yokuts polychrome serving basket or tray. Coiled construction with three bands of polychrome rattlesnake diamond design and additional polychrome design elements to rim and center. 22 3/4″ dia x 3 3/4″ H. Turn of the 20th century. Provenance: Property from the estate of Dorothy Louise Luhrs, PhD, (1910-1972), Archaeologist with University of New Mexico/School of American Research Field School, whose studies and research included the Una Via Chaco Canyon, NM, Largo Canyon, NM, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Hoopa Indian Reservation in northern California. Luhrs was also president of the Southwestern Anthropological Association from 1950-51. Condition: A couple of minor wear/frays to weavers on rim. Scattered very minor wear to weavers on body. CONDITION: A couple of minor wear/frays to weavers on rim. Scattered very minor wear to weavers on body.