Two Apache pitch-sealed basketry vessels
Late 19th/early 20th century; Southeast United States
Comprising two coiled jars including a tall double gourd-form jar and a smaller jar with two horsehair handles, each coated in pine pitch
2 pieces
Larger height 13 1/2 in., width 7 1/2 in., depth 7 1/2 in.; smaller height 8 3/4 in., width 8 in., depth 8 in. irregular


Other Notes:
The smaller basket with a Sotheby’s lot tag, not dated.

Each with soiling, dust accumulation, and warping to the form commensurate with age and use. Losses to pine pitch throughout, concentrated at rim edges and base, with cracking throughout.
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