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EARLY 20TH C VINT YUPIK INUIT ALASKAN WOVEN STORAGE BASKET W/LID/STITCHED DESIGN
$ 204.6
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Description
RAREEARLY 20TH CENTURY
VINTAGE
YUP'IK PEOPLE
INUIT
ALASKAN (ESKIMO)
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
of
BERING STRAIGHT
~
WESTERN ALASKA,
8 1/2" TIGHTLY WOVEN, HAND DECORATED GRASS STORAGE BASKET,
with
ORIGINAL LID, WOVEN BROAD GRASS LID
PULL
&
BROWN DYED
STITCHED GRASS
SIDEWALL DESIGN
(Slightly soiled on the interior basin)
(Circa 1920-1935)
Early 20th century vintage
Yup'ik
Inuit Alaskan Eskimo
indigenous woven, decorated storage baskets
DIMENSIONS:
8
1⁄2
"
Height x 9
1⁄2" Width (widest point)
Weight:
1 lb. 3 oz.
DESCRIPTION:
This simply amazing and very beautiful
Yup'ik
Inuit Alaskan (Eskimo) Native American
indigenous handmade woven sweet grass storage basket was recently discovered in
southern New Hampshire,
in a finely appointed estate with a small collection of
Native American
and
Inuit
indigenous tribal and folk art. It's nearly
8 1/2" in height and 9" in width
at the widest point of its body. The sweet grass used varies in width. The coiled, tightly woven sweet grass is graduated and stacked, forming the soft, bulbous form of a beehive basket. The original woven grass lid has a shallow, broad sweet grass woven lid pull. What makes this
Yup'ik
woven grass storage basket unique and quite particular, is the use of sepia dyed sweet grass, that's stitched, not painted or stenciled onto the upper sidewalls of the basket, forming what appear to be repeated, upright diamond patterning, fish or even perhaps conifer pine trees, all representative of the
Yup'ik
people's natural habitat. The basket was woven with great care and the graduated ringed coils, that make up the basket's sidewalls, are all still quite tight and strong. Absolutely lovely. Circa
1920-1935.
Honest. Original. Authentic. From the
Yup'ik
Native
people of western
Alaska and the Bering Straight region,
separating North America and Russia. Simply terrific vintage
North American Inuit tribal
and
indigenous art
. Gorgeous.
CONDITION:
Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.