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According to Cohandas in Degikup:

Family
Born Sarah Jim.

Her mother was a woman only remembered as "Doctor".

When she was young, she married a man named Big George, and had two children with him. He left her circa 1888. Soon thereafter, she married a man named Tom Sanco, with whom she had another two children with, one of which was illegitimate. He left her in 1896. Circa 1900, she married Captain Pete Mayo, who was the father of another famous Washoe basket weaver, Maggie Mayo James. Her eldest son with Big George was named Ben George.

Following Captain Pete mayo's death from the Spanish flu in 1918, she reverted back to the name Sarah Jim.

Cohandas suggests she died in 1945. Another source which I need to look up suggests she died in 1925. She actually died in December 1918.

Weaving
Stopped weaving in later life due to eye issues.

At least 22 baskets have been attributed to Mayo.

Wove small to medium degikup. Her works were generally between 12 and 20 centimeters tall, though some of her later works were as tall as 60 centimeters.

Averaged 6 stitches per centimeter.

Her earliest phase was from between 1900 and 1910. Here, her degikup had a sharp angle at the midline of the basket, and the baskets were "static and symmetrical". This is where she included geometric designs, inspired and imitating Lizzie Peters and Dat So La Lee.

"Colour is employed both as a descriptive element and as a method of emphasizing the diagonal alignments".

Politics
Reached her zenith of political influence while married to Captain Pete, and she argued for his authority over the Washoe on account of her descent from Captain Jim. Pete travelled to Washington in 1914 "under her instigation".