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Lacquered Coiled Pine Needle Basket with Horn Knob

Currency:USD Category:Antiquities / Native American Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Lacquered Coiled Pine Needle Basket with Horn Knob
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Live Auction
Friday & Saturday
April 12-13, 2012
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

Lot Pick Up
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

This finely woven pine needle basket measures 7 across the foot and 6.25 across the mouth of the collared design. With the lid, it measures 4.5 tall. The pine needles are coiled and stitched in several different patterns (a V pattern and a diamond pattern, for example) in multicolored green, red, and natural stitches. The lid features a 1.25 tall, 1.5 wide section of antler, and there is a row of raffia-wrapping on the interior of the lid, serving as a lip to secure the lid to the body. The foot of the basket also features two rows wrapped in raffia, and the very center coil is an open-stitched red butterfly. These design elements indicate to an outside expert that this basket is not traditional / native made, but an art-piece. The basket is also coated in a heavy, glossy lacquer to protect its beauty, which seems to have pooled a little on one side of the basket, leaving a chalky-white appearance between stitches. This basket is in near mint condition, as the coils and stitches are flawless but there is some sun-fading of the red and green stitches (see interioir for original vibrance). A gorgeous piece. From the Tahoe Wovoka Estate Collection. Wovoka Collection HKA#63014