SKU: 5186-05

Maidu Pit River Burden Basket

$475.00

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ca. 1880

13" H x 10" x 14" D 

Hand Woven Cone Shape Basket with Darker Geometric Patterns with a Long Strap

In Good Condition with Wear as Pictured at Base and Rim and Broken Strap

A Maidu-Pit River burden basket (also called a "cone basket" or "burden cone") is a distinctive, large, open-work twined basket made by Native American women of the Maidu, Atsugewi, and Achomawi (Pit River) peoples of northeastern California (especially around Mount Lassen and the Pit River drainage).

Condition: Good

Tribe: Maidu - Yuki

Year Range: 1875 - 1900

Region: Southwest

Dimensions: 13 in10 in14 in

Category: Basket - Burden Basket

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