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Jul 28, 2017 - Jul 29, 2017
Native American Basket Creel
Salish People
Pacific Northwest c. 1930
7 by 15 by 8 in.
A "salmon" size woven creel with imbricated designs of mostly cherry bark, rawhide clasp and hinges, and a hand woven strap.
A Salish creel is prominently featured on the cover of Chatham and McClain's definitive book "The Art of the Creel."
As found.
Provenance: Rafe Lapham and Martha Andrea Collection
Literature: Hugh Chatham and Dan McClain, "The Art of the Creel," Ennis, MT, 1997, pp. 15-18, similar basket illustrated.
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