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SCARCE NAT AMERICAN SE TRIBES/SEMINOLE FINELY WOVEN PINE NEEDLE GATHERING BASKET

$ 125.4

Availability: 57 in stock
  • Culture: Native American: US
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Artisan: Unknown
  • Tribal Affiliation: Seminole tribe of southeast US (Florida)
  • Origin: Southeast United States
  • Tightly wound: Horizontal rows w/vertical stitching
  • Gathering basket: Sewing basket
  • Authentic: Original
  • Tightly wound baseplate: Unbroken bottom edges
  • Seminole: Fashioned from pine needles
  • Early 20th century: Circa 1900-1920
  • Southeast: Florida
  • Nearly unscathed sidewalls: Only a few barely noticeable 'touches' on sides
  • Coiled construction: Wide, sturdy coil rim
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Native American: Southeastern US tribal made
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • 100% original antique condition: Untouched & undisturbed
  • Estate fresh: New to the marketplace
  • Condition: Very Good-Excellent overall antique cond: Offered for your review & consideration is this very clean & very beautiful, well-pres, early 20th c Nat Am, SE tribes/Seminole Indian, hand-woven, tightly stitched pine needle gathering/sewing basket, feat coiled construction, w/a broad, sturdy rim. The basket was freshly picked from a home in southern NH, is estate fresh & new to the marketplace. It's unusual to find basketry made by Nat Americans in the northeast US, where it's far more common (& even that's fairly uncommon) to find Nat Am basketry made by 1 of any # of eastern woodland tribes, w/most being from coastal ME (those which have survived.) This particular tightly woven basket feats coiled construction & vert stitched, bound sidewalls, has a broad, sturdy coiled top rim & very tightly woven baseplate. It practically doesn't suffer any loss to its top or bottom & only has a few very minor 'touches' to its sidewalls. W/orig matte, dry surfaces & nat aged patina & colors. Very fine.

    Description

    SCARCE
    NATIVE
    AME
    RI
    CAN
    SOUTHEAST
    TRIBES/SEMINOLE INDIAN, HANDMADE,
    FINELY WOVEN, PINE NEEDLE GATHERING
    or
    SEWING BASKET,
    featuring
    VERY TIGHTLY WOVEN ROWS
    &
    HAND
    STITCHED VERTICAL
    HAND
    STITCHING
    [Most likely fashioned toward the beginning of the 20th century by the
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    Seminole
    tribe of
    Florida]
    (Circa 1900-1920)
    Early 20th century
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    southeast/
    Seminole
    tribe of Florida,
    hand-woven pine needle baskets & handmade basketry
    DIMENSIONS:
    4" Height x 7 1⁄2" Width x 6" rim Diameter
    Weight:
    12.5 oz.
    DESCRIPTION:
    Offered for your review and consideration is this very clean and very beautiful, well-preserved,
    early 20th century
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can,
    southeast tribes/
    Seminole Indian,
    hand-woven, tightly stitched pine needle gathering/sewing basket,
    featuring coiled construction, with a broad, sturdy rim. The basket was freshly picked from a home in southern
    New Hampshire
    , is estate fresh and new to the marketplace. It's unusual to find basketry made by
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    cans
    in the northeast
    Unit
    ed St
    ates,
    where it's far more common (and even that's fairly uncommon) to find
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    basketry made by one of any
    number of
    eastern woodland,
    Ame
    ri
    can
    indigenous
    tribes,
    with most being from coastal
    Maine
    (those which have survived.) This particular tightly woven basket features coiled construction and vertically stitched, bound sidewalls, has a broad, sturdy coiled top rim and very tightly woven baseplate. It practically doesn't suffer any loss to its top or bottom and only has a few very minor 'touches' to its sidewalls. With original matte, dry surfaces and naturally aged patina and colors. Very fine. Gorgeous.
    CONDITION:
    Very Good to Excellent overall antique condition.