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Thompson/Frasier River Tribal Basket Trunk w/lid

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Thompson/Frasier River Tribal Basket Trunk w/lid
Auction Location:

16600 Aston Street
Irvine, CA 92606
Thompson/Frasier River Tribal Basket Trunk with Lid, approx. 17''x14''x11'' high, ca. 1910. A rectangular box of rich copper color, featuring straight sides that flare outward and upward towards rim. The weave is coiling with cedar root weft over a cedar splint foundation. Designs are in large diamond shapes formed by a technique known as ''imbricated coiling'', appearing as check shapes in cherry bark, dyed cherry bark, and bear grass leaf. Features loop handles on rim. With appraisal from Anthropological Consultants, Sebastopol, CA, who state this basket was purchased by a F.S. Quick from the Hudson Bay Co. in Seattle in the 1920s-1930s. Condition is good with a few missing stitches in lid. Est.: $1,000-$1,500.