Two baskets with lid
North American Indians
not available anymore
Provenance
German Collection (before 1914)Description
a flat round basket, h: 10,5 cm, d: 26 cm, grass fibres dyed in red and blue forming patterns, a kind of rosette with four spikes on the lid, the paint faded on the outside; cylindrical basket with disc-shaped lid, h: 19,5 cm, d: 16 cm, bird motif in dark fibres on the outside, slightly dam., missing part on the upper rim, the original fastening of the lid missing;
made in coil-built technique: bunched cane stems wrapped with grass fibre.