Panamint Shoshone Polychrome Bottleneck Basket

Description:

Panamint Shoshone Polychrome Bottleneck Basket, late 19th century, finely stitched coiling with mellow age-darkened toning of five ticked rim sections and zigzag "snake" design bands in dark bulrush plus red yucca root on willow, dia. 7 1/2 in.

Literature: William and Sarah Turnbaugh, American Indian Baskets: Building and Caring for a Collection (Schiffer, 2013),photo GB-17, p. 112.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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