Antique Chemehuevi Native American Basket

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Antique large rare hand-woven Chemehuevi basket. This basket was collected between 1910-1930s by an Arizona doctor. The pen letters and numbers on the back were his references to his collection notes. This is a beautiful basket, stored away since new.A nice basket with traditional tight weave and 6 diamond design. 1 rim stitch missing, a nice bowl shape.Size 6 5/8" x 2"Francis Xavier Ammann, A banker from Needles, California, originally collected this collection. He loaned his collection of over 2000 Chemehuevi baskets to a museum in California the museum use the L for loaned and the 1190 to specify the individual who had loaned the baskets. The number underneath the L is the number of each basket. The baskets were split up by F X Ammann Jr and I read that some of the baskets were sold with an accompanying letter which described the collection that the baskets came from.My dad bought these from a Tucson doctor that had worked in Western Az right after medical school back in the day, and he bought part of the original collection that ended up in Tucson, and my dad bought it from the doctor.Check out more items at my store https:///str/theantiqueatticOr https:///usr/antiqueattic-2Terms of SaleORDERS CANNOT BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE; THIS APPLIES TO ALL PURCHASES INCLUDING MERCHANDISE PENDING SHIPPING.1) If read more

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