Yupik Lidded Basket

Mid 20th Century

5.75" H x 5.75" D + 1.5" D Knob

Hand Coiled with a Golden Tan Field and Woven from Grass Spiral in Colored Blue and Red Seal Gut Design with Matching Lid with Knob Kipnuk, AK

In Very Good Condition

Yup'ik (Yupik) lidded baskets are traditional coiled grass baskets made by Yup'ik women in southwestern Alaska (primarily the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region). They are often called mingqaaq (meaning something like "sewn" or coiled basket) and became popular as a market/souvenir art form in the late 19th/early 20th century, encouraged by missionaries and traders.