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Native American Woven Burden/Collecting Basket

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Native American Woven Burden/Collecting Basket
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Large Native American Woven Burden or Collecting Basket. Certificate says ''Yano Mani Collecting Basket'' from Utah. 18''H x 21''W. Tightly woven with black wavy design on sides. The burden basket is one of the most recognized items of material culture of the peoples. The baskets were once made for every day use in collecting or gathering wild foods, or to cultivate crops like corn. Large burden baskets were sometimes made for food storage. Today however, baskets are made to sell or for special use during the young girls puberty ceremony, or sunrise dance, as many call it today. Burden baskets can come in any size, from a few inches to 3 feet high. The skills of basket making have been passed down from mother to daughter over many generations, and is a dying art.