Three Paiute basketry vessels
Late 19th/early 20th century; Great Basin
A group comprising two coiled globular basketry jars, each with multistrand braided horsehair handles, one with a sinew cord, as well as a small twined tapered conical bottle-neck vessel sealed with pine resin pitch, with one multistrand braided horsehair handle
3 pieces
Larger jar height 12 in., diameter 10 in.; smaller jar height 9 1/4 in., diameter 8 in.; tapered jar height 10 1/2 in., diameter 5 1/4 in. approximately

Each with soiling, dust accumulation, and general wear commensurate with age and use. Each with scattered multiple breaks or losses, including but not limited to: scattered stitch losses, breaks and losses to rim rods and other coils near the necks; the smaller globular jar with a 12 in. long break to waist, with multiple rod losses, and breaks and losses to rim and neck. The interior of the largest jar with coated with cracked pine pitch, with lost pieces captured within. The twined conical vessel with scattered losses to pine pitch, and one side with a round hole near one handle location, 1 3/4 in. Dia..
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