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SKU: 260623-01

Yupik Lidded Basket with Knob

ca. 1930s

10.25" H x 6.75" D + 1.5" D Knob

Hand Coiled with a Golden Tan Field and Woven from Grass Spiral in Colored Brown Stepping Motif Design with Matching Lid with Knob

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.

Condition: Very Good

Tribe: Eskimo - Inuit - Yup'ik

Year Range: 1925 - 1950

Region: Inuit

Dimensions: 10.25 in6.75 in1.5 in

Category: Basket - Lidded

Estimate

$290 to $470

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