$1,080
Ten Small Woven Splint Baskets, America, 19th century, eight baskets probably made by an Eastern Woodland Indian tribe, including a round-over-square basket with fixed upright handle, the exterior splints painted salmon and yellow, one round with red, green, and yellow stripes and green-painted handles, one round over square with traces of red paint, one round over square with salmon and green vegetable stamp decoration, one round over square with upright handle, and red and green bands, one round with cover with salmon and black bands, one rectangular with upright handle and green bands, and one round with fixed handle and gray-painted vertical stripes; a round green-painted basket with two carved hardwood handles, and a tapered deep round basket with domed center and carved hardwood loop handles, (minor breaks and losses), ht. 1 3/4 to 8 3/4 in. Green-painted- minor weaver losses round-over-square basket with a few small losses to base corners.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
