Baskets
Property from the Cain Family Collection
A Paiute polychrome basket
Carrie (McGowan) Bethel, with high shoulder and sharply curving sides, very finely woven with four opposing "V" designs lined with triangles, small winged motifs serve as accents.
height 9 1/4in, diameter 4 1/2in
See illustration
height 9 1/4in, diameter 4 1/2in
See illustration
Sold for
US$ 38,187
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Craig Bates' notes indicate: "A very finely made basket, with 28 stitches per inch, and six coils per vertical inch." Ella Cain's tag reads: "31A Carrie McGowan Standout basket...Small Maltese crosses seen when basket turned over".
Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American
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