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Lot 1106

A Paiute polychrome basket
height 9 1/4in, diameter 4 1/2in
See illustration

5 December 2005, 12:00 PST
California, San Francisco

Sold for US$38,187.50 inc. premium

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A Paiute polychrome basket

Carrie (McGowan) Bethel, with high shoulder and sharply curving sides, very finely woven with four opposing "V" designs lined with triangles, small winged motifs serve as accents.
height 9 1/4in, diameter 4 1/2in
See illustration

Footnotes

Craig Bates' notes indicate: "A very finely made basket, with 28 stitches per inch, and six coils per vertical inch." Ella Cain's tag reads: "31A Carrie McGowan Standout basket...Small Maltese crosses seen when basket turned over".

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