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SKU: 5231-127

Paiute Canteen Basket

$6,500.00

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ca.  1880

5.625" H x 2.75" H Rim x 12.625" D + 1.125" Spout + 2 Loop Handles

Hand Woven; Convex form with a Spout and 2 lugs.

A particularly rare example patterned from US Cavalry canteens. Shows remnats of pine pitching and with dried pitch on the interior with rattles when canteen is shaken.

Excellent Condition

Paiute Canteen Rattle Basket is a traditional water-carrying baskets (often called "canteen baskets" or "pitch-coated water bottles") made by the Paiute people of the Great Basin region in the western United States, such as Nevada, Utah, and California. These baskets were ingeniously designed for portability and waterproofing, functioning much like a modern canteen. T

Provenance:  From the Len and Toni Wood Private Collection, Laguna Beach, California

Condition: Excellent

Tribe: Paiute

Year Range: 1875 - 1900

Region: Southwest

Dimensions: 5.63 in2.75 in12.63 in1.13 in

Category: Basket - Water Basket - Tus

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