Baskets
Property from the Cain Family Collection
Property from the Cain Family Collection
Lot 1106
A Paiute polychrome basket height 9 1/4in, diameter 4 1/2in
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5 December 2005, 12:00 PST
California, San FranciscoSold for US$38,187.50 inc. premium
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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
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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".