Featured Identifying Basket & NA? Alabaster Carving

I picked these up recently and did a little research but I thought I'd run these by the experts here so I don't miss/mis-ID anything.

Other sellers have a handful of IDs but Ye'Kuana comes up the most. The mark on the back is "90". Approximately 14" diameter and shallow with a string loop for wall hanging.


This carving seems to be Native American alabaster. I can't find a (recognizable) signature. Navajo seems the most cited, but also Zuni. 5.5" x 3.25" high.




The square on the bottom is where some scotch tape was affixed.

Thanks for any help you can give a gal who doesn't normally collect/trade in this type of art.

 

Or a label.

 

It was a piece of scotch tape (crinkled ends and all) that I removed. Nothing under it.

 

Maybe the vertical line in it means the thread of a price tag was once stuck to the base by the scotch tape.

 

That's a good theory for why someone would put a blank piece of tape on bottom!

 

But unfortunately it doesn't lead to an ID of the artist.

 

could be also Brazil..

catalogo-trancados-de-aruma-e-tucum-web-sap-206.pdf

 

or Venezuela ......

 

Isn't that where the Ye'Kuana are from?

 

more or less..........

 

I'm freezing my nuts off here , so I may not be as succinct as usual !
,,,,

 

Heating on the blink?
I hope the issue gets solved soon.

 

have not turned it on yet ...... but it should warm up sat and sun..

 

What a nice pdf. I love seeing the weaving process. So this is for the Baniwa. Both Baniwa and Ye'Kuana live in northern Brazil, with the Baniwa living a little more West (generally speaking of course) and being known for their basket weaving specifically.

 

I think it is safe to say the basket is Amazonian - there are a number of groups that make similar twill woven baskets in the region.

 

u mean like this basket maker..?