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UNIDENTIFIED UNANGAX̂ (ALEUT) ARTIST
Lidded Basket with Open Weave and Geometric Details, c. 1920s-30sspruce root, cotton thread, and grasses, 8.75 x 6.5 x 6.5 in (22.2 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)LOT 92
ESTIMATE: $2,500 — $3,500By the late 19th century, Unangax̂ (Aleut) basketry had become highly prized by collectors for its extraordinary fineness and technical sophistication. The present basket is a virtuoso display of workmanship,...By the late 19th century, Unangax̂ (Aleut) basketry had become highly prized by collectors for its extraordinary fineness and technical sophistication. The present basket is a virtuoso display of workmanship, with densely plain-twined passages alternating with elaborate bands of openwork and spaced twining, their crossed and diagonal elements forming small lattice-like openings. Worked in remarkably well-preserved coloured cotton thread, the false-embroidered decoration includes compressed lozenges and vertically stacked inverted triangles joined at their points to form a cross-like motif, a device encountered in Alaskan basketry and sometimes linked to the long influence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Aleutian Islands.ND
Provenance
Flury & Co, Seattle WA;
Acquired from the above by an Important Private Collection, Camano Island, WA, accompanied by a copy of the original receipt, 18 September 2014;
by descent in the family to present Private Collection.
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