Two Tlingit polychrome rattletop baskets The wider example with a single band of alternating geometric motifs about the body, the lid with two bands of parallelograms encircling the edge and center; the other with twin bands of cruciform and diamond motifs about the body, a similar band on the lid. diameter 6 and 5 1/8in, height 3 1/4 and 3 1/2in Footnotes: Provenance For the smaller example: Wilma and Edward Hartman, Lee's Summit, MO Sold: Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, Native American, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art, June 9, 2003, sale 7437E, lot 5227 A Private Midwestern Collection, acquired at the above Illustrated Spencer, Mark J. and Bernstein, Bruce, Native American Basketry: The Hartman Collection, The Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1996, pp. 42-43 Exhibited 'Native American Basketry: The Hartman Collection', The Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri, January 11 - March 31, 1996 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Estimate $1,500-$2,000
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