Washoe Lidded Sewing Basket

Lidded Sewing Basket

Lidded Sewing Basket

Name/Title

Washoe Lidded Sewing Basket

Description

Very nice old single rod basket decorated with designs consisting of four squares each of redbud. The lid has a round ring of willow that appears to have been coiled over copper wire.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Notes

Date made estimated by the gallery owner where it was acquired.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Washoe
Native American

Dimensions

Height

5-3/4 in

Diameter

9-1/2 in

Material

Willow, Redbud

Location

Shelf

Fireplace Mantle

Wall

Fireplace Wall

Room

Office

Floor

First Floor

Building

San Francisco home