Native American Apache Basket

Lot: 3002

Circa 1920.
Tapering straight sided coil design, with reed or stick to top, wrapped in grasses, over two-color design, of dark brown stylized animal heads in two bands, with the majority of the basket in ocher.
Approximate dimensions: 6 H. x 13 1/4 Diameter..
Condition: Good to moderate condition, about 1/3 of the grass reed wrap to top edge absent, with breaks, 1/3 of the grass reed wrap to base present, the remainder absent, with a 3 long section of the base loose along the seam. Some other losses. Despite these issues, the basket is of a hefty size, and early, and a large section of it is easily shown to best effect.

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