Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk bold happily large enough to hold

happily large enough to hold a enough to share with a friend or two

The name of the species--in this case it looks to be "Russ dagueletti" is incised on the bottom of the piece

and feeling to me both ancient and modern

with a horizontal band of diamond shapes around the center

Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk bold happily large enough to holdThis wonderful late 19th or very early 20th century basket I purchased from the estate of Elaine Bradbury Vercoe, a descendant (the great granddaughter, I believe) of Colorado pioneer William Chase Bradbury (1849 1925). Held in her estate were both thousands of original antique photographs taken by Bradbury on expeditions around the Western U. S during the late 19th and early 20th century, many featuring Native Americans (as well as cowboys), along