Basket Collection

Hello All,
My name is Patrick I am new here.

I inherited a portion of what was once a large collection of baskets that my grandfather assembled. The original collection had ~ 200 baskets and was later dispersed. I'm trying to identify and document the remaining baskets. I'll attach some pictures of one of the baskets. It's about 16" in diameter.

Any ideas of where to learn more about these?
Thanks,
-Patrick

 

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Looks to me that that label tells you who made it: Chemehuevi and a date.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemehuevi

The name 'Harvey' is interesting and may indicate that it was once part of a collection of a famous railroad businessman who helped Native people sell hand-made items to train-based tourists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Harvey_(entrepreneur)

Do you know anything about the name Harvey?

 

Thank you for the reply. Many of the baskets have similar notes that appear to be where/when the basket was acquired and some other coded info - like the "DO/". I don't know anything else about "Harvey Collection". Presumably that's where this basket came from.

 

The name under the date on this one may be the weaver.

If your others have similar notation: date, tribal affiliation, and perhaps even the weaver, then you have way more info than is usually found on vintage / antique Native American baskets.

 

The Heard Museum
Fred Harvey fine arts collection
The Comstock Collection
Holabird western Americana collections

.....are all worth researching , where this baskets attributions are concerned.
.....the numbers written on the basket itself , may be catalog , or specific collection ID numbers.
There's no way to know for certain , unless a similar numbering scheme can be found and documented.

A wonderful basket in mint condition...!!!
Sweeeeet !

As for your other baskets , they may have been collected from a manner of different venues , and time frames.

 

From the Wiki page:

The Chemehuevi made intricately coiled baskets using a three-rod foundation of willow. Traditionally, the majority of weaving was completed with split willow, and darker patterns were made with devil's claw and yucca, among other materials.[19] This traditional style of basketmaking is currently practiced by a small group of weavers

 

FYI..... AI , seems to think this is an African basket.

Silly AI....... It's likely not yet amassed a proper database on 1st Nations baskets , so old school detective work is still required here..!!

 

It's possible that , that attribution may be suspect... ... or not..

 

Garland's.......

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