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Magnificent Unger Brothers Sterling Silver Native American Indian Chief Dish in very good antique condition. The detail in the design is what makes Unger so highly collected. Unger was out of the silver production business by 1913. This piece dates to late 19th century or early 20th century. Sitting Bull, who was with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in 1885, is said to have been the model and inspiration for this line. The tray has an approximate diameter of kust over 5 3/4″ with a depth of 3/8″.

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A WONDERFUL MUSEUM GRADE Hopi coiled basketry tray / plaque with a large and rare to find Mudhead Kachina in the center design predominating the graphics. I’M NOT SURE IF WE’VE EVER FOUND AN OLD EXAMPLE WITH A KOYEMSI (MUDHEAD) DESIGN IN FIFTY YEARS OF DEALING THIS MATERIAL. A VERY VISUAL MUSEUM GRADE PIECE and it has a LOW PRICE too! RARE TO FIND MUSEUM GRADE MUDHEAD PICTORIAL. Please see all additional photos at the bottom of this page. TIRED OF THE AGGRAVATION AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF AUCTIONS? ……….. SHOP WHERE THE DEALERS SHOP. 13 +/- inches in diameter. Excellent WITH VERY MONOR SIGNS OG USE/AGE. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS BY SCROLLING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. It is not marked/signed as expected for age/medium. COMMENTS: A WONDERFUL MUSEUM GRADE Hopi coiled basketry tray / plaque with a large and rare to find Mudhead Kachina in the center design predominating the graphics. I’M NOT SURE IF WE’VE EVER FOUND AN OLD EXAMPLE WITH A kOYEMSI (MUDHEAD) DESIGN IN FIFTY YEARS OF DEALING THIS MATERIAL. PIECE and it has a. We will provide all the required documentation to help you speed through the process. IS THIS A GIFT? We can provide HOLIDAY, Birthday, etc. Gift wrapping, gift cards, etc. For a VERY nominal cost. Please let us know what you require and we will do everything we can to provide you any personalized services at the lowest possible price. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Track Page Views With.

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10″ x 8″ EXCELLENT QUALITY Happy to send more pictures if you’d like. I have done my best to describe item, if you have any questions or comments im happy to help.

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Fresh to the market find! Very rare and antique 1800’s California Native American Chumash polychrome coiled tray. Beautiful symmetrical construction with classic Chumash designs. This basket is a real looker and is even better in person. Pics taken in natural and indoor light. Some light rim damage that doesn’t detract from a basket this old. Across x 3 deep. See pics for details. See pictures for details on condition. We bring to the market specially curated cowboy, Indian, and military items from the Old West and frontier sourced from estates, barns, garages, and anywhere that treasures hide. We do our best to describe and photograph all items, but we leave it to the experts (you) to decide what you like and what you don’t… You be the judge. Was the first European to make contact with the coastal Alta Californian tribes in the year 1542. Cabrillo died and was buried on San Miguel Island, but his men brought back a diary that contained the names and population counts for many Chumash villages, such as. Spain claimed what is now California from that time forward, but did not return to settle until 1769, when the first Spanish soldiers and missionaries arrived with the double purpose of. The Native Americans and facilitating Spanish colonization. By the end of 1770, missions and military. Had been founded at. To the south of Chumash lands and. With the arrival of the Europeans came a series of unprecedented blows to the Chumash and their traditional lifeways. Anthropologists, historians, and other scholars have long been interested in documenting the collision of cultures that accompanied the European exploration and colonization of the Americas. Spain settled on the territory of the Chumash in 1770. Bringing in missionaries to begin evangelizing Native Americans in the region. By forcing Chumash villages into numerous missions springing up along the coast. The Chumash people moved from their villages to the Franciscan missions between 1772 and 1817. Mission San Luis Obispo. Established in 1772, was the first mission in Chumash-speaking lands, as well as the northernmost of the five missions ever constructed in those lands. Next established, in 1782, was Mission San Buenaventura. On the Pacific Coast near the mouth of the Santa Clara River. Mission Santa Barbara, also on the coast, and facing out to the Channel Islands, was established in 1786. Concepción was founded along the inland route from Santa Barbara north to San Luis Obispo in 1789. The final Franciscan mission to be constructed in native Chumash territory was Santa Ynez, founded in 1804 on the Santa Ynez River with a seed population of Chumash people from Missions La Purisima and Santa Barbara. To the southeast, Mission San Fernando, founded in 1798 in the land of Takic Shoshonean speakers, also took in large numbers of Chumash speakers from the middle Santa Clara River valley. While most of the Chumash people joined one mission or another between 1772 and 1806, a significant portion of the native inhabitants of the Channel Islands did not move to the mainland missions until 1816. Mexico seized control of the missions in 1834. Tribespeople either fled into the interior, attempted farming for themselves and were driven off the land, or were enslaved by the new administrators. Many found highly exploitative work on large Mexican ranches. After 1849 most Chumash land was lost due to theft by Americans and a declining population, due to the effects of violence and disease. The remaining Chumash began to lose their cohesive identity. In 1855, a small piece of land (120 acres) was set aside for just over 100 remaining Chumash Indians near Santa Ynez mission. This land ultimately became the only Chumash reservation, although Chumash individuals and families also continued to live throughout their former territory in southern California. Today, the Santa Ynez band lives at and near Santa Ynez. The Chumash population was between roughly 10,000 and 18,000 in the late 18th century. In 1990, 213 Indians lived on the Santa Ynez Reservation. The item “Antique California Coastal Indian Polychrome Chumash Basket / Tray 1800’s RARE” is in sale since Thursday, September 30, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1800-1934\Baskets”. The seller is “texasaggiegirl00″ and is located in Loomis, California. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Handmade: Yes
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Culture: Native American: US
• Origin: California Central Coast
• Tribal Affiliation: Chumash

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17.5 x 4.5t. Has some very minor rim loss with a small break, and other minor soils. Otherwise its very well preserved! All in all, an amazing very slightly damaged piece. The item “Rare Early Southwest Native American Indian Basket Basketry Tray 17.5″ is in sale since Thursday, November 5, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1800-1934\Baskets”. The seller is “goldeneye” and is located in San Antonio, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian federation.

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17.5 x 4.5t. Has some very minor rim loss with a small break, and other minor soils. Otherwise its very well preserved! All in all, an amazing very slightly damaged piece. The item “Rare Early Southwestern Native American Indian Basket Tray 17.5″ is in sale since Wednesday, November 4, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1800-1934\Baskets”. The seller is “goldeneye” and is located in San Antonio, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States.

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This extremely rare Cahuilla Mission offering basket tray is tightly woven with juncas grass coiled over a grass bundle. Attributed to Ramona Lubo, a Cahuilla basket weaver who died in 1922. She was the inspiration for the book “Ramona” by Helen Hunt Jackson, and the play entitled “The Ramona Pageant”. She made this basket with the star center design that symbolizes Juan Diego, her husband now in heaven. The designs around the star are stems with three flower petals on each symbolizing her two children and herself. Circa: 1885 Diameter: 8 1/4″ Height: 1″. The item “Rare Cahuilla Mission Offering Basket Tray, Native American Indian, Circa 1880s” is in sale since Thursday, January 19, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1800-1934\Baskets”. The seller is “aisdave” and is located in Carmichael, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Cayman islands.

• Tribal Affiliation: Mission

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Offered is a rare piece. This is a large 15 Northern California Pit River Achumawi Gambling Tray. The previous owners had a tag attached that dated it to 1890s and provided the reference to the American Indian Basketry of Northern California book by the Riverside Museum Press to a similar basket. A flexible basket, it is in excellent condition. No breaks or damage that I can find. A few pinhole gaps in weaving. A few rough areas, but this appears to be as made. I’ve provided some options. Sometimes UPS is the cheapest way to send larger pieces. A note: We’re all healthy here and are isolated and washing hands regularly. If you’re worried just leave your packages in a garage or porch area for a few days before opening. Thanks and be well. Most of the items we sell come from our personal collection gathered over the years from our travels, from Native powwows and craft stores, antique shops, auctions and estate sales. Now that our kids are in college and beyond, we are letting some items go so others can enjoy them. Then I’ll send you a combined invoice. Sorry for the expense, but I’ve had items lost overseas when mailing first class and don’t want to take the risk of losing items. I pack carefully and try to reuse materials to save on environmental impact. I often double-box items with smaller gift boxes collected from various thrift stores. I reuse all that I receive and hope you will make use of the ones that come in your packages. The item “Rare California Pit River Achumawi Indian Gambling Tray Native American Basket” is in sale since Sunday, May 31, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1800-1934\Baskets”. The seller is “bokhandlar” and is located in Iowa City, Iowa. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

• Featured Refinements: Native American Basket
• Handmade: Yes
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Artisan: Unknown
• Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
• Origin: Northern California
• Tribal Affiliation: Pit River/Achumawi

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Exquisite large native pacific Northwest Nuu Chah Nulth Coastal basket tray, all hand woven featuring beautiful birds. This is an unusual form and was gifted by a triple member in the late 1950s. Tray has handles and measures 16 by 12.5 by 2. Nice bright dyed reeds and grasses. Its a wonderful museum quality First Nations basket. Photos are part of the description so please review carefully. Ships from US estate. The item “Rare Large Nuu Chah Nulth Pacific NW native Basket Tray Birds” is in sale since Saturday, December 8, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Ethnographic\Native American”. The seller is “serialpug” and is located in Blaine, Washington. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Original/Reproduction: Original

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