A Washo basket
A Washo polychrome basket
Attributed to Maggie James, a series of conjoined serrated diamonds in a band about the upper shoulder, similar motifs floating below and with trefoil elements around the base.
height 7 1/2in, diameter 13 3/4in

Sold for US$ 13,750 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    The collector's notes indicate there once was a letter of attribution of this basket to Maggie James written by Marvin Cohodas. That letter is no longer to be found and the attribution must be considered an assertion of possibility.

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American


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