Property from the Collection of Continental Insurance Corporation
THREE HOPI BASKETRY TRAYS
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THREE HOPI BASKETRY TRAYS
Two Oraibi Hopi wicker trays, one with tapering arc motif and two lines of crosses in black and cream on yellow ground; the other with alternating black, yellow, natural and orange zig-zags in a "storm pattern"; the third from Second Mesa, coiled, showing a stylized figure with flaring headdress, with diamonds and triangles at the sides, yucca fibres dyed red, black, yellow and green on a natural ground
the first: 15½in. (39.3cm.); the second: 12in. (30.4cm.); the third: 16½in. (41.7cm.) diameter (3)
Two Oraibi Hopi wicker trays, one with tapering arc motif and two lines of crosses in black and cream on yellow ground; the other with alternating black, yellow, natural and orange zig-zags in a "storm pattern"; the third from Second Mesa, coiled, showing a stylized figure with flaring headdress, with diamonds and triangles at the sides, yucca fibres dyed red, black, yellow and green on a natural ground
the first: 15½in. (39.3cm.); the second: 12in. (30.4cm.); the third: 16½in. (41.7cm.) diameter (3)