Three (3) Native American Cherokee baskets including: a rivercane wastebasket with dyed bloodroot and butternut weavers, woven in the coffin pattern, 14 1/4″ H x 11″ W, early 20th century; a split oak wastebasket with dyed weavers below the rim and at the base, 12″ H x 9″ W, 20th century; and a split oak […]

Grouping of eleven (11) Native American Cherokee baskets, all with naturally dyed weavers including; 1 small rivercane waste basket form, 1 rectangular oak handled basket, 1 small oak waste basket form, 1 oak rectangular handled child’s basket by Agnes Welch with the original Qualla Arts & Crafts tag, 1 honeysuckle vase basket by Ollie Bigwitch […]

Three Native American rivercane baskets including: one (1) Cherokee, attributed to Rowena Bradley, small double-weave square-lidded form with alternating bloodroot, walnut, and natural weavers; one (1) rivercane elbow form Cowshatta (Koasati) hanging wall basket with bloodroot and walnut weavers attributed to Soloman Batista; and one (1) rivercane “cownose” variation Cowshatta (Koasati) or Catawba hanging basket […]

1st item: Cherokee rivercane purse form basket with bloodroot and butternut weavers woven in the coffin pattern and fitted with hickory handles, 12″ H x 10 3/4″ W x 4″ W. 20th century. 2nd item: Cherokee rivercane market basket with a squared base, fixed hickory handle, bloodroot, and butternut weavers woven in the arrow point […]

Native American Cherokee double weave rivercane basket, square form woven in natural weavers. 11 1/4″ square x 6 1/4″ H. Late 19th century. Note: For a similar form, refer to “Weaving New Worlds: Southeastern Cherokee Women and Their Basketry”, by Sarah H. Hill, illustrated on page 115. CONDITION: Overall very good condition, with minor staining […]

Large Native American Cherokee double rivercane lidded storage basket, attributed to Rowena Bradley (1922-2003), consisting of dyed walnut and butternut weavers and woven in a diagonal arrow point pattern. 13″ H x 9 1/2″ square. 20th century. Biography (courtesy of West Carolina University Hunter Library): “Rowena Bradley (1922-2003) was the third generation of known basket […]

Large Native American Apache olla-form storage basket, coiled construction with 10 vertical bands of conjoined geometric decoration interspersed with floating crosses. 16 “H x approx. 15″ W. Late 19th/Early 20th century. CONDITION: Some warpage, one t-shaped tear to one side, approx. 2″ x 2″, and one approx. 3” tear to one lower edge. The base […]