basket

ca. 1925

Washoe coiled basket with one rod coiling in willow with spider-like designs

ca. 1910

Washoe coiled pictorial basket with elaborate floral pictorial designs seen in redbud on the sides.

c. 1970-1985

Woven basket with a lid and carrying rope. It has a split bamboo base. The lid is reinforced with crossed stick on the top. The bottom and the lid have loops throught which the carrying rope is...

after 1930

Tohano/Papago coiled basket with simple rectangular shapes. Tribal attribution changed from "Papago" to "Tohono O'odham," the preferred tribal term, on 23 October 2008 (PC Klieger).

1970-1990

This is an excellent example of an outstanding coiled basket from the Shoshone of the Great Basin. Woven by Minnie Cottonwood of Beatty, Nevada. The coiled basket methods diffused from the Great...

Twined basket with lid. Probably Puget Sound Salish or maybe Tlingit

after 1930

This Tohano/Papago coiled basket has "swastika" design (four directions design). Tribal attribution changed from "Papago" to "Tohono O'odham," the preferred tribal term, on 23 October 2008 (PC...

1900-1960

Miniture single rod coiled Pomo basket, probably sedge and bulrush root, with red feathers, probably acorn woodpecker. Excellent condition. Probably made for sale. PCK

1900-1930

Multiple rod coiled Pomo gift basket, decorated with quail topknots, red acorn woodpecker feathers. Bottom has single five-pointed star design. Probably sedge and bulrush root. PCK

1900-1930

Very fine single coiled Pomo gift basket decorated with red acorn woodpecker feathers, tiny white glass beeds,and three pairs of white clamshell disks. Tirangle pattern. PCK

1880-1930

Single coiled Pomo gift basket decorated with white, blue, and clear glass beads. Two clam shell disks have fallen off, but accompany the basket in a packet. Basket is also decorated with quail...

1920-1960

Miniature basket made for sale

1960

Horsehair baskets are a specialty of Great Basin and desert tribes. This is an especially fine muti-colored horsehair basket with lid. It was purchased from the Round House Gallery by Donald...

20th century

This is a finely twined basket finished with 12 loops of alternating natural, orange, and maroon colors. Basket is decordated on body with thin bands of red and orange. Four waterbirds or ravens...

ca 1910

Twined decorative basket with chevron patterns under scalloped rim.

ca. 1910

Modoc twined decorative basket and a Modoc basketry lid from another basket. Simple line designs on concave sides.

LATE 19TH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Finely twined basket with lid from the Nootka or Makah group along NW Coast of N. America. Simply woven cedar bottom. Beargrass overlay dyed in red, yellow, dark brown; natural. Rim of basket...

1930-1950

A small retangular basket, probably made for sale. Imbricated red and natural grasses over apparent cedar strips. Decorated with lattace brim. PCK

ca.1920

Basket with half twist overlay twining with water snake design

1920

This is a twinned basket made by the Karok of the Klamath River. The twinned basket has a wrapped rim, rather poorly executed. Ca. 1920. PCK

c.1920

This open basket could have been used as a decoration for Girls' Day or Boys' Day, or it could have been used simply to store the decorations.

20th century

Finely twined basket, most likely made by Hupa. Has very slight fraying at rim. PCK

20th century

Ovate twined basket, finely woven. Rim is somewhat irregular. Design is innovative. Most likely Hupa from Trinity to lower Klamath rivers. PCK

20th century

This is a small Klamath River Indian basket, probably Hupa. It has a coiled rim, followed by a section of open weave, followed by a regular twined section overlaid with beargrass and fern. PCK...

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