Baskets

25 products

    Baskets

    A TIME-HONORED CRAFT

    Agriculture brought a need for containers to hold grain and food. Basketry was the perfect solution for Native American tribes and examples can be found as early as 50CE. Techniques and materials vary across tribes, including coiled, plaited, and twined techniques and materials such as beargrass, devil’s claw, sumac, willow, and yucca. Modern basketry is almost entirely decorative or ceremonial. Navajos still commonly use wedding baskets in their marriage ceremonies.

    Through the use of both natural and dyed plant materials, basket weavers have created some of the most striking pieces of art that are first and foremost utilitarian. Although basketry has been around for centuries, it is widely agreed that it is one of the first Indian arts and crafts to die out in many tribes. Thus there is the choice of collecting old baskets by tribes no longer weaving, or supporting the art by finding a beautiful example by today's remaining weavers. Either way, due to the limited numbers of fine baskets, they continue to be a good investment.

    Represented in our old basketry we have beautiful Apache and Pima trays and ollas, as well as unique pieces from other basket weaving tribes of the western United States. In contemporary basketry, we have fine Hopi, Navajo, Paiute, and Tohono O'odham (formerly known as Papago) works for sale. Whether collecting new or old baskets, one cannot help but gain an appreciation for this time-honored and labor intensive craft.

     

     

    25 products
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Christine King - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Christine King - Garland's
    1940s Navajo Basket by Vintage Collection - Garland's
    1940s Navajo Basket by Vintage Collection - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Lorraine Fowler - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Lorraine Fowler - Garland's
    Spider Woman Basket by Sally Black - Garland's
    Spider Woman Basket by Sally Black - Garland's
    Raised Turtle Basket by Sally Black - Garland's
    Raised Turtle Basket by Sally Black - Garland's
    Protection Deity Basket by Christopher Black - Garland's
    Protection Deity Basket by Christopher Black - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Jonathan Black - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Jonathan Black - Garland's
    Yei-be-chai Basket by Alicia Nelson - Garland's
    Yei-be-chai Basket by Alicia Nelson - Garland's
    Kokopelli Ceremonial Basket by Jonathan Black - Garland's
    Kokopelli Ceremonial Basket by Jonathan Black - Garland's
    "Creation of the Sun" Basket by Jonathan Black - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Vintage Collection - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Vintage Collection - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Eleanor Cly - Garland's
    Navajo Ceremonial Basket by Eleanor Cly - Garland's
    Medicine Man Plaque by Sally Black - Garland's
    Medicine Man Plaque by Sally Black - Garland's
    Lightning Basket by Natalie Edgewater - Garland's
    Lightning Basket by Natalie Edgewater - Garland's
    Turtle Basket by Sally Black - Garland's
    Turtle Basket by Sally Black - Garland's
    $ 1,950.00
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