Tohono O'odham Basketry tray Lazurite First half 20th C

First half 20th C

He sits on a nice piece of fossilized walrus ivory with beveled edges

of gavel head 3 ¼": W

as they have been carved to have feather like scallops in the black jet

The beadwork is very tight and follows the contour of the glass bottle and goes over the lip of the bottle

Tohono O'odham Basketry tray Lazurite First half 20th CThis is a large Tohono O'odham basketry plate with a typical geometric design. It has a wide dark center and has a whipstitched rim with diagonal dark stitches. There is a " section of the rim that the dark strands are missing. Other than that, the basket is in very good condition. D. 16 " H. 3 " c. 1950 #8570