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Navajo Traditional Coil Wedding Basket 19th C.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 500.00 USD
Navajo Traditional Coil Wedding Basket 19th C.
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Offered for sale is a Navajo Native American Indian Traditional Coil Wedding Basket. This basket features a beautiful tight weave with natural dyed colors. The wedding baskets, in their circular stepped designs in natural, black and red colors, are made to contain cornmeal for the couple and guests to consume at the ceremony. Starting with the couple, and having been shared with each guest, it is said that the last to eat from the basket keeps it. This basket is in good condition, with signs of age and use. It measures 11 7/8" Dia. x 2" H