I have been asked to post this message by the curator of the Sierra Mono
Museum.  Please reply directly to the museum at P.O. Box 275, North Fork, CA
93643. 209-877-2115.  Sorry no e-mail address.

Sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, August 8-9, 1996,  the
Sierra Mono Museum was broken into and 50-100+ Native California Indian baskets
were stolen, along with at least one ceremonial obsidian blade.  Museum
officials stated that baskets were removed from both the display cases and
storage areas.

Please forward this message to whoever you feel can help in this matter.  The
Sierra Mono Museum is a small, locally-operated facility and have limited
resources.  The Museum and the Madera County Sheriff Department would
appreciate any suggestions, information, advise, etc. from those in the museum
community on how to get this information out to the larger community of art
dealers world-wide.  Staff can provide photos/descriptions of the baskets upon
request.

Thanks