Basket, between 1875 and 1925

  • Skokomish, Native American

Beargrass, cedar bark and cattail

  • Overall: 13 1/2 × 21 5/8 × 18 1/2 inches (34.3 × 54.9 × 47 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Dabco/Frank American Indian Art Fund

82.39

Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Drury (New York, New York, USA)

1972, sale at auction (Sotheby, Parke, Bernet Inc., New York, NY, USA, sale 3451, 12/16/1972, lot 257). 1982, sold at auction (Sotheby, Parke, Bernet Inc., New York, New York, USA, sale 4842Y, 4/24/1982, lot 233)

1982-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Sotheby Parke Bernet Catalogue (sales catalogue). New York: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, December 16, 1972, no. 257 (ill.). Sotheby Parke Bernet Catalogue (sales catalogue). New York: Sotheby Parke-Bernet, April 24, 1982, no. 233 (ill.). Bulletin of the DIA 61, no. 3 (1982/83): 64 (ill.).

Skokomish, Native American, Basket, between 1875 and 1925, beargrass, cedar bark and cattail. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dabco/Frank American Indian Art Fund, 82.39.