Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk california clay it does a great job

it does a great job asserting itself as the place to hang your keys

with a bit of yellow paint where the handle meets the head

and there is some speculation they may had an abortive function

and then these terrific bone medallions (round on one side

The is a bit of irregularity to its form

Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk california clay it does a great jobThis 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