This is a Southern Paiute or Ute Indian Seed Storage Basket - Jar. The Paiute and the Ute used these baskets to store nuts and seeds. The basket was made around 1940\'s or 1950\'s. This is a basket that I looked for a long time before I found the one I wanted. In the book American Indian Basketry by Otis Tufton Mason on page 72 plate 22 you can find a Ute storage basket that looks totally like this one up for sale. Win I bought this basket I was told that it was Paiute. The Paiute and the Ute were neighbors so I suppose it could be from ether one. This is a twined basket, that is a great vintage Paiute or Ute seed basket. It.measures approx. 12\" tall by 9\" across. It is large, about 31 inches if you measure all the way around it at its widest point.very good condition with only a few missing stitches around the top edge that I have show in pitchers. Please review the photos and feel free to ask questions. This is one great basket. I think for it\'s age, it is in amazing shape.

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