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TWO ALASKAN ESKIMO POLYCHROME BASKETS
the first, of beehive form with knobbed lid, woven of natural and dyed beach grass over a bundle coiled foundation, decorated with a series of four columns of stepped geometric motifs in alternating colors; the second, of cylindrical form, woven of similar materials, with columns of abstract quadrupeds alternating with columns of birds
Heights: the first, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.); the second, 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) (2)
the first, of beehive form with knobbed lid, woven of natural and dyed beach grass over a bundle coiled foundation, decorated with a series of four columns of stepped geometric motifs in alternating colors; the second, of cylindrical form, woven of similar materials, with columns of abstract quadrupeds alternating with columns of birds
Heights: the first, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.); the second, 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) (2)
Provenance
See lot 64.