Native American Baskets

Kawaiisu polychrome bottleneck basket. Extremely fine and tight weave. Very rare. 9 1/2"D x6"HPERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: California - Yokut,...

Large Karok polychrome pedestal basket with early collection tag. 10"H x 9"D.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: California - Karok, Native AmericanS...

Washoe polychrome basketry bowl attributed to Jennie Bryant Shaw of Carson Valley (1910-20). Attached write up from University of British Columbia ...

Pomo treasure basket with shell beaded rim, and shell drops with abalone dangles. Exceptionally fine weave. 12"D x 4"H. Under the name Pomo are som...

Maidu basketry plate with geometric design. 15"D x 2 1/2"HPERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: California - Maidu, Native AmericanSIZE: 15"D x 2 1/2"H

Kawaiisu polychrome banded basketry bowl. Finely woven. Extremely rare. 13"D x 6 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: California - Yokut, Native Am...

Navajo wedding basket. Tight weave. This one has a worn bottom and cornmeal residue. Was a used Navajo piece, perhaps for several weddings and not ...

Nootka basketry jar with whaling boat motif. 5"H x 3"DPERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - Nootka, Native AmericanSIZE: 5"H x 3"D

Nootka polychrome liquor flask. 7" x 4 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - Nootka, Native AmericanSIZE: 7" x 4 1/2"

Nootka basketry over glass fishing float with whaling motif. 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"PERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - Nootka, Native AmericanSIZ...

Ute water jar with close diagonal twine sumac and pine pitch. Waterproofed with pine gum. Commonly used in the Southwest in Great Basin cultural ar...

Sioux Plains quill wrapped cane with catlinite handle carved into the likeness of a dog head.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Plains - Northern Pl...

Northern California Native carved polychrome basketry wrapped cane with tin tip. Hupa, Yurok or Modoc. 32"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: California - ...

Hopi basketry rattle with white painted cottonwood handle. Seeds or stones inside for rattle. Ex. Bonhams. 4"D x 7 1/2"LPERIOD: Mid 20th CenturyORI...

Paiute ptich covered canteen.PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Great Basin - Paiute, Native AmericanSIZE: 6 1/4" x 6 1/2"D

Navajo canteen covered in pitch with braided horsehair handles and having collection tag reading "1928" with note inside "Dear Mrs. C/Justann/Old I...

Shoshone/Bannock lidded polychrome basketry jar. Stiched, diagonal twining over single willow rod. Red and green paint. Traditional storage basket ...

Yurok loom beaded medicine bottle with stopper. 5 1/2"H x 2 1/4" x 1"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: California - Hupa, Native AmericanSIZE: 5 1/2"H ...

Tsimshian polychrome basketry bottle. May or may not have once had a lid now missing. Slight rimwear at base. 5 1/2"H x 9"DPERIOD: 19th CenturyORIG...

Tsimshian polychrome bottle basket. 5"H x 2"DPERIOD: UnknownORIGIN: Northwest - Alaskan, Native AmericanSIZE: 5"H x 2"D

Sioux beaded ink bottle. Red, white and blue. Marked "Carters Inc." Beaded on hide then onto bottle. Sinew sewn. 3"D x 2 1/2"HPERIOD: Early 20th Ce...

Northeastern quilled birchbark lidded box. Quilled using colors of green, pink, blue, yellow and cream on a white background. Early 19th Century de...

Nootka basketry bottle. Faded. May once have had a basketry lid now missing. 10 1/2"H x 3 1/2"DPERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - Unknown, Nat...

Nez Perce basket. Heavy patina from use. Direct from a Nez Perce family. 7" x 7"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Nez Perce, Native AmericanSIZ...

Makah polychrome basketry liquor carafe with glass stopper. Flying bird motif. Some open weave. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed...

Makah polychrome lidded bottle basket. Highly figurative with red and green fish, eagles, whaler, whaling boat, and creature attacking boat. 13"H ...

Makah miniature basketry flask with double handles and tin screw on lid. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry pro...

Makah basketry jar with flying bird design. Once polychrome, now faded. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry prod...

Finely woven Apache basket with center squash blossom design, geometrics and arrowheads. Exceptional golden patinaPERIOD: Late 19th CenturyORIGIN: ...

Tsimshian basketry bottle over Chinese porcelain liquor bottle. Early museum collection numbers 3.58.5. 7 1/4"H x 5 1/2"DPERIOD: Early 20th Century...

Plateau beaded jar with flower and butterfly motif. 6"H x 3" x 2"PERIOD: 19th CenturyORIGIN: Plateau - Unknown, Native AmericanSIZE: 6"H x 3" x 2"

Nuu-chah-nulth polychrome basketry bottle with whaler, eagle and bird design. Bulbus bottom with stemmed top. May or may not once have had a basket...

Makah polychrome basketry undilating bottle jar with early museum mark 66.21A. Once may or may not have had a basketry lid now missing. Unsual shap...

Makah polychrome basketry bottle with basketry lid. Hexagon bottle. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry producin...

Makah basketry jar with open stitching. Once had bird design now faded. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah Bay developed a cottage industry prod...

Hupa pictorial basketry bowl having five dogs. Pictorials are rare.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: California - Hupa, Native AmericanSIZE: 5"D ...

Hupa/Yurok basketry jar. Geometric design with stacked triangles. Original stopper with basketry weave. 7 1/2"H x 2"DPERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIG...

Pauite basketry bulbus bottle. A rare form. Simple geometric design. May or may not have had basketry lid now missing. 9"HPERIOD: Early 20th Centur...

With whales, wailing boats and thunderbirds. Complete with cap.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest - Nootka, Native AmericanSIZE: 12"H

Makah open stitched basketry bottle with original cork. May or may not have ever had a basketry lid. Round. In the 1860s the Makah people at Neah B...

Polychrome basketry over a whiskey bottle. Basket intact. Some broken glass inside.PERIOD: Early 20th CenturyORIGIN: California - Hupa, Native Amer...

Attu polychrome basketry bottle. Banded with orange and red geometrics. Original cork. May or may not once have had a basketry lid now missing. 9"H...