This is an early Navajo wedding basket, showing both great wear and a wonderful patina. The colors are still sharp, especially on the outside where the surface has been more protected from sun damage. While there is no way of knowing, I feel that this basket dates to the last half of the 19th century, […]
Here is a classic Navajo wedding basket circa 1890. It has the meandering stepped diamonds circulating the entire basket with a break in one place. This basket is in good condition, but is missing some stitches – it has been well used for some time before being retired to a collection.
This old Jicarilla Apache basket shows its wear. The polychromatic colors are much more apparent on the outside, where square shapes and triangular shapes make up the pattern.
This is an old Navajo basket of rare design form. A migrating, stepped form colored a soft rust covers the body of the basket. There is a break in the form. While this is related to the wedding basket, it is not one but is rather a rarely seen type. This basket is in excellent […]
This Apache water jug is complete with a wood stopper and a cup cut from a gourd. The stopper is attached to the basket via a metal chain. There is a commercial hide strap for putting the whole thing over ones shoulder. It’s rare to find such an early basket with all the parts in […]
