Basket

Mono Lake Paiute

Lucy Telles, also known as Pa-ma-has, was born in 1885 near Mono Lake to Miwok and Paiute parents. She learned traditional weaving from her mother, and quickly became an adept weaver. She was a frequent prize-winner of Yosemite Indian Field Days basket competitions, and in 1939, her largest and most recognized basket was exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. Lucy demonstrated basket weaving to park visitors from the 1930s until her death in 1955.