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*NINE AMERICAN INDIAN BASKETS
Including five Northeastern baskets, two trays with circular central area composed of birchbark framed by openwork, two plaited with handles and one of rectangular form also plaited, a Northwest Coast twined tray woven of cedarbark with decorations in purple, orange and black, two Athabaskan trays, the first woven probably of willow rod and conifer root splint, the second tray Athabaskan/Eskimo with design elements composed of purple, pink and green, the final basket probably Eskimo of deep circular form, decorated with pink V design elements overall
Ranging in size from: 12in. to 6in. diam. (9)
Including five Northeastern baskets, two trays with circular central area composed of birchbark framed by openwork, two plaited with handles and one of rectangular form also plaited, a Northwest Coast twined tray woven of cedarbark with decorations in purple, orange and black, two Athabaskan trays, the first woven probably of willow rod and conifer root splint, the second tray Athabaskan/Eskimo with design elements composed of purple, pink and green, the final basket probably Eskimo of deep circular form, decorated with pink V design elements overall
Ranging in size from: 12in. to 6in. diam. (9)