20th C. Papago Tohono O'odham Basket w/ Rattlesnakes
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Description
Native American, United States, Arizona, Sonoran Desert region, Tohono O'odham (Papago) people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-built basketry platter of sizable form with a cream-hued ground decorated with a pair of dark-brown diamondback rattlesnakes. The larger snake is coiled around the more petite snake to form a barrier, perhaps indicative of a mother protecting their child, and each serpent exhibits cream-hued diamond patterns along their spines as well as segmented rattle tails. Size: 14.4" Diameter x 1" H (36.6 cm x 2.5 cm)
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Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, before 2000; ex-private V. Lopez collection, California, USA, 1960s
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#180565
Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
Provenance: private Alamo, California, USA collection, before 2000; ex-private V. Lopez collection, California, USA, 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#180565
Condition
intact and excellent with wonderful preservation to diamondback rattlesnake motif.
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20th C. Papago Tohono O'odham Basket w/ Rattlesnakes
Estimate $600 - $900
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