Nellie Charlie

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Nellie Charlie
Self-taught
Known forBasket weaving

Nellie Charlie (1867–1965) was a Mono Lake Paiute - Kucadikadi basketmaker associated with Yosemite National Park. She was born in Lee Vining, California, the daughter of tribal headman Pete Jim, and his wife Patsy, also a basket maker. She married Young Charlie, a Mono Lake Paiute - Kucadikadi man from Yosemite, and they had six children. Her Paiute name was Besa-Yoona.[1]

She worked in both traditional and modern basket styles, and participated in the annual Indian Field Days competition in Yosemite in the 1920s. Her daughter, Daisy Mallory, became a prominent weaver.[2]

She was among a group of Paiute women who "became known for their exceedingly fine, visually stunning and complex polychrome baskets."[3] Others in this group included Lucy Telles and Carrie Bethel.

She died in Bishop, California.

Legacy

One of her baskets covered with

Autry National Center, the Oakland Museum of California, the Nevada Museum of Art and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art from 2006 to 2008.[4]

Gallery

  • A 1924 basket by Nellie Charlie
    A 1924 basket by Nellie Charlie

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute Native American History". August 3, 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
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