Description: Offered byAntique American Indian Art, llc--- AAIA --- Very Early Salish Basket Burden BasketMid 19th Century7" x 8.25" x 10.75"Showing heavy native use with foodstuff embedded into interior walls and bottom of basket; with remnants of cordage. Shape conforms to uses body with years of use. A wonderful museum example.--- From S'abadeb, The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists: "Just as different families have access to different types of advice, each basket-making family also has their own way of doing things. While cedar roots and decorative materials, such as wild cherry bark and cattail or canary grass, must be gathered in the spring and early summer months when the sap is running in the trees, each basket maker prepares their materials in a preferred way—usually the way they were taught by their relatives. Roots must be collected in areas without rocks that can cause kinks in them, but beyond that they may be split in different ways and are set aside to dry for different lengths of time." pg. 187 "Coiled baskets are usually ornamented with designs placed on the main body of the basket in a technique known as imbrication. The colors result from different materials and dyes used for the imbricated strands; bear grass bleached in the sun for white, or dyed yellow with the inner bark of Oregon grape; wild cheery bark for deep shiny red; roots of horsetail or dyed cedar bark for black. The foundation and sewing strands are of cedar root (rarely spruce root) and form the background of the design." Pg. 217 220319-074 Welcome to Matt Wood's Antique American Indian Art, llc (AAIA) eBay Listings As the nation’s leading gallery of Antique North American Indian Art and Artifacts, we invite you to consider the beautiful art and artifacts that we list on eBay with full confidence in the authenticity and legality of the item, in the accuracy of the listing, and in the professionalism that we demonstrate in processing each transaction. Celebrating over 45 years in business, Matt Wood and Len Wood are founding members of ATADA (Antique Tribal Arts and Dealers Association), and we provide you, the collector, a unique opportunity to buy directly from our gallery inventory via eBay. We offer Certificates of Authenticity, a 7-day home inspection period allowing returns for full refunds (less shipping/insurance costs), and a lifetime trade-back policy (call for details). We are confident that you will be pleased with the value, service and peace-of-mind that our gallery can offer you. Thank you for looking! SHIPMENT We package all items for shipment in the utmost professional manner, and all shipments are fully insured. Please read our Store Policies for all of our shipping information. PLEASE FOLLOW US - If you hit the FOLLOW THIS SELLER link on the top right of this listing under the Seller Information button, you will be able to get the early notices of our new additions and sales. We will be adding lots of quality Antique American Indian Art over the next few months.
Price: 390 USD
Location: Oak Harbor, Washington
End Time: 2024-09-06T15:34:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Tribal Affiliation: Salish
