Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk california clay with a bit of yellow

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

this is just a great little vase

Published by The Studio Publications

The piece measures 15 inches long and 1 5/8 wide at widest

The is a bit of irregularity to its form

Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk california clay with a bit of yellowThis 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