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Native American Bowls and Baskets

NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE

Native American broadly describes any Indigenous people in North America and encompasses hundreds of tribes and groups, all with distinct cultures. Native American–style furniture and decor likewise varies widely, from pieces created by Indigenous people to those appropriated by non-native designers.

Indigenous furniture’s rich heritage includes the bentwood boxes of the Northwest Coast carved from cedar for storing household or ceremonial objects. Generations of Native American people have made baskets for holding household items, with those in the Northeast using sweetgrass and those in the Southeast using pine needles and wicker. Artisans in the Plateau region wove watertight pieces like cradles from plant materials. Although these objects were intricately made, they were usually utilitarian rather than decorative.

The colonization of North America and the removal of Indigenous people from their lands led to the suppression of these practices. Many styles that used Native American motifs — such as Southwestern style, which was heavily influenced by the geometric patterns of Navajo textiles — have historically not involved Indigenous creators and, instead, have taken their traditions without their tribal context.

When decorating a home with Native American–style furniture, it is important to do so respectfully, by understanding the origins of motifs and objects and examining who profits from their sale. There are now Indigenous-led companies, such as Cherokee designer Cray Bauxmont-Flynn’s Amatoya and Totem House Design, promoting Indigenous work in furniture and home decor. Supporting Indigenous artists and artisans is essential to confronting the still pervasive issue of cultural appropriation in design.

Find a collection of Native American living room furniture, folk art, rugs and carpets, decorative objects and other items on 1stDibs.

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Style: Native American
Small Vintage Lidded Coiled Basket
Located in Seguin, TX
Small Native American coiled raffia lidded basket. Nicely fitted lid with knob, no markings, very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Raffia

Vintage Papago Hand Woven Covered Basket Turtle Design
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage lidded handwoven Papago Indian basket with turtle motif. Original hinges are missing, minor fading.
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Raffia

Round Woven Wicker Bead Basket With Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A round woven wicker bead basket with a lid. This petite wicker basket was forced from the Oklahoma estate of a woman who had a penchant for beading and Native American beadwork. Amo...
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20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Wicker

Rare Large Early Native American Northwest Coast Salish Basket
By Salish Indians
Located in Bradenton, FL
Rare large early Northwest Coast Salish hard burden basket dating from the mid to late 1800's. The basket is finely woven from split cedar bark and root...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Hide

Hupa/Yurok Polychrome Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
California Hupa/Yurok hat polychrome basket. Very nice condition. Early 20th Century. 5 1/2" x 3 3/4". Great condition. The Hupa Group lived among...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Willow

Native American ash splint market basket, c. 1900
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Native American woven ash splint basket with carved & bent loop handle flattened at the apex. The rim of the basket is comprised of two carved & bent ash splints with ash stays, wove...
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20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Ash

Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor two sides and top. This woven by L.C. John, the last of the great Coushatta basket...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Antique Southwest Navajo Decorated Low Basket Circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Native American Southwest Navajo Indian low bowl offers decorated woven reed construction, Circa 1920 Measures- 2.5"h x 10"diam
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Reed

Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor two sides and top. This woven by L.C. John, the last of the great Coushatta basket...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Native American ash splint basket, circa 1900
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Native American Winnebago/Ho-chunk hand carved & woven ash splint basket with loop handle. The rim of the basket is captured by two carved and bent ash splines with 1/4" lashing capt...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Ash

Native American Polychrome Woven Basket
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early 20th century Native American Apache Olla in very good condition. This basket dates from the turn of the century and was made for self-use. A very tight example with a stunning ...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Natural Fiber

Early 20th Century Choctaw Native American Gathering Basket
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century Choctaw Native American gathering basket. Various colors of river cane. Very good condition with minor bottom corners with wear & tiny lo...
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Early 20th Century Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Cane

Vintage Southwestern Navajo Style Coil Bowl Midcentury American Modern Craft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage large southwestern Navajo style coil bowl, procured from New England estate dealer. Dia Bowl 15 x H 1.75 in.
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Seagrass

Antique Native American Apache Woven Basket
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique Native American Apache woven basket. Handcrafted and made from all natural fibers including Devil's claw, willow, and yucca root.
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Organic Material

Native American Pima Basket with Geometric Figural Motif
Located in Bradenton, FL
Native American pictorial pima basket with geometric figural motif, having four figures, circa. 1920s. Made of bear grass, Devil's claw and willow. Excellent condition.
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Organic Material, Willow

Large Vintage Indigenous Canadian Lidded Birch Bark Painted Shoulder Basket
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large hand-crafted basket is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Canada and date to approximately 1970 and done in the period indigenous Canadian...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Birch

Pictorial 1920s Pima Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pictorial Pima having eight horses – four with riders. Made of willow and Devil's Claw. The Pima Indians, Akimel O'odham, are known for their fine Indian baskets. Pima Indian basket ...
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1920s American Vintage Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Willow

Small San Ildefonso Pueblo Blackware Pottery Dish
Located in Seguin, TX
Small blackware pottery shallow bowl by Juanita Wo-Peen Gonzales (1900-1988). Signed on the bottom, very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Pottery

Santa Clara Pueblo Black on Black Earthenware, Geometric Designs, 20th Century
Located in Denver, CO
20th Century Santa Clara Pueblo black on black with geometric designs by Genevieve Suazo. Bowl measures 1 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
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20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Earthenware

Large Fine Apache Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache pictorial bowl with dogs and man figures with center squash blossom design. Period: First quarter 20th century Origin: Apache Size: 16" x 4" Family Owned & Operated Cisco’...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Western Apache Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Western Apache San-Carno basketry. Prominent California State, in great condition.
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Nootka Northwest Coast 1900 Woven Basket with Top, Red and Black Designs
Located in Denver, CO
Northwest coast lidded basket from the Nootka tribe circa 1900 with a red sea wolf design. Measures 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches.
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Early 20th Century North American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Natural Fiber

"Paquime Pottery" Decorative Bowl by Ana Trillo for Mata Ortiz
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful hand turned "Paquime Pottery" decorative bowl by Ana Trillo for Mata Ortiz, circa 2000s. The piece has exquisite detail and design with a bird catching a fish in the center...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Pottery

Northwest Coast 1900 Woven Basket with Top, Multicolor Cross Patterns, Table Top
Located in Denver, CO
Lidded basket very finely woven of native grasses incorporating geometric designs including crosses of red, gray, green and yellow yarns circa 1900 Basket is in very good antique co...
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Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Early 20th Century Apache Tray Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning early 20th century Native American Apache tray basket constructed from hand-woven willow and devil's claw with a slightly darker willow band aro...
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1920s American Vintage Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Willow

"Paquime Pottery" Decorative Bowl by Baudel Lopez Corona for Mata Ortiz
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful hand turned "Paquime Pottery" decorative bowl by Baudel Lopez Corona for Mata Ortiz, circa 2000s. The piece has exquisite detail and design; it is in very good condition wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Pottery

Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache figural basketry olla designed 14 male and female figures and 8 dogs. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass seeds such as chia or amaranth, or domestic plant pr...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Figurative Apache olla with crosses made inside, vertical triangles that connect in a geometric web. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass s...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Iroquois Storage Basket, Circa 1900
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Iroquois hand woven splint lidded storage basket with big ring handles at both sides and contrasting natural and black stained design pat...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Reed

Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache figural basketry olla with seven dogs on shoulder. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass seeds such as chia or amaranth, or domestic plant products like corn or...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Beaded Paiute Native American Indian Handmade Work of Art Moccasins
Located in Tustin, CA
Very collectible, beautifully handmade Northern Paiute or Piute Native American Indian beaded moccasins feature striking contrasting colors of orange, ye...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Animal Skin, Beads

1880s Panamint Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Very finely woven Panamint lidded basket having four eagles and diamond motif on lid. 4" diameter x 3" height Period: Last quarter of the 19th century ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Panamint Shouldered Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Panamint shouldered basket with three butterflies. 7 1/2" x 5" Period: First quarter 20th century Origin: Panamint Size: 7 1/2" x 5". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deal...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Circa 1900 Panamint Polychrome Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Panamint rectangular, finely woven, polychrome negative basket with geometric design, sides and bottom. Period: Circa 1900 Origin: Panamint Size: 6" x 4" x 2 1/2" Family Owned & ...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Panamint Shouldered Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Highly decorated and finely woven shouldered basket with red wool decoration on shoulder Period: Last quarter 20th century Origin: Panamint Size: 6" diameter x 3 1/2" height Fami...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Apache Jicarilla Apache Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla Apache waste basket with handle cutouts, horses, flower and geometric design. Acquired by Charles Graves, Indian agent in the 1920s. New Mex...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Small Beaded Washoe Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Fully beaded single rod Washoe basket with vibrant colors of blue, yellow and orange inside and out. Period: circa 1900-1920 Origin: Washoe Size: 2 1/2"...
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1910s American Vintage Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Beads

Indigenous Styled Large Handwoven Bird Beak Fancy Lidded Basket
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Indigenous styled lidded basket is presumed to have been made in the United States in circa mid-late 20th century. The maker of the this basket is unknown, but done in the style...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Reed, Softwood

Jicarilla Apache Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Jicarilla apache lidded waste basket with quadrupeds (we think horses) and geometric design. Outside faded but still graphic. Handle cutouts. Acquired...
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Late 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Geometric Native American Pima Tray/Bowl, circa 1900
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Large Pima tray/bowl with geometric design and dark center. Very nice tray with little, if any wear. Period: First quarter 20th century Origin: Pima Size: ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Colorful Plateau Cornhusk Native American Sally Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Colorful Plateau cornhusk sally bag with geometric designs of green, blue and red linen. Canvas reinforced. Period: First quarter of the 20th century Origin: Plateau Size: 6" D x 10...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Pictorial Acoma Olla Pottery
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Hand thrown and painted pictorial Acoma top rim with geometrics below. Hand thrown, thick walled, signed on bottom B. Concho, Acoma, N.M. Primitive and "folky." Period: Mid-20th century Origin: Acoma Size: 12" H x 11" W Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Personal Service Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.   Native American, Pottery, Acoma Olla...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Pottery

Beautiful 19th Century Apache Figurative Olla Shaped Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Apache olla; 20"W x 22"H. Designs of lightning, arrowheads, female figures and whirling logs. Nice tight weave. 19th century. Absolutely beautiful, great c...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Museum Documented Pima Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pima basket de-accessioned from the Denver Museum of National History. Ex. Crane Collection and before the Smith Museum. With documentation. Period: circa 1900 Origin: Pima Size: 13...
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Early 20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Native American Coushatta Lidded Pine Needle Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Coushatta lidded pine needle basket with pine cone and needle décor two sides and top. This woven by L.C. John, the last of the great Coushatta basket...
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Mid-20th Century American Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Yavapai Native American Pictorial Basket, circa 1900s
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Yavapai pictorial basket with quadrupeds and man figures. Stunning and visual. Great display piece. Shows little if any use. Period: First quarter...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

19th Century Klickitat Carrying Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Klickitat/Cowlitz partially imbricated basket in checkerboard design with brain tanned belt loops and top rim loops and shoulder straps all intact. Nice patina inside showing much us...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

19th Century Salish Native Lidded Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Salish lidded basket with butterflies and trees. Period: Last quarter 19th century Origin: Salish, Northwest Size: 14" x 14" Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in the ra...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Nez Perce Huckleberry Basket, circa 1880
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Nez Perce huckleberry basket collected Sites, Idaho. Store twine rim loops with brain tanned shoulder straps. Heavily constructed. Once had r...
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1880s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Graphic Apache Tray, circa 1900
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven apache tray with stacked triangles heading towards center circle. Great condition, little if any wear. Period: circa 1900 Origin: Apache Size...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Native American Klamath Basket
Located in Southampton, NY
Native American Klamath basket. This is a soft and pliable basket with triple triangle motif woven in tule and dyed tule in characteristic overlay weave...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

Native American Thlinget Basket
Located in Southampton, NY
Native American Thlinglet basket Hand written description reads: Spruce root basket Made by Mrs. Archie White Thlinget, Ko Ax Day Ooh. She died when...
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1920s American Vintage Native American Bowls and Baskets

Paiute Burden Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Paiute burden basket with harness leather handles. Much used, well cared for, in use repairs on bottom. Collected White River Nevada, Duck Water Band. ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Apache Pictorial Basket, circa 1900
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Finely woven pictorial apache basket with flower design, dogs, humanoids and geometrics. Period: circa 1900 Origin: Apache, Arizona Size: 4" x 14". Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s ...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

19th Century Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Polychrome Mission pictorial basket with eagles and highly geometric bottom. Finely woven. Shows little if any use. Period: Last quarter of the 19th...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Exceptional Polychrome Klickitat/Snoquamie Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Stunning Klickitat/Nisqually polychrome basket. Extra fine weave, fully imbricated, hard sided basket with rows of polychrome zig zags. Perfect displ...
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1910s American Vintage Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Extremely Tight 19th Century Mono Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Extremely tight Mono basket with double band of V-decoration. This one hard like cast iron. Was used for cooking. Period: Last half 19th century Origin: Mono Size: 5" x 10". Family...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Other

Lizard Mission Pictorial Basket
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mission pictorial basket with Chuckwalla lizard motif. Period: circa 1900 Origin: California Size: 6" diameter x 4" height. Family Owned & Operat...
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Early 1900s American Antique Native American Bowls and Baskets

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Twig

Native American bowls and baskets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Native American bowls and baskets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage bowls and baskets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, folk art, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, other and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Native American bowls and baskets made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Canada pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original bowls and baskets, popular names associated with this style include Native American Art, Apache Indian Art, Pima Indian Art, and Mata Ortiz. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for bowls and baskets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $60,000 while the average work can sell for $3,500.

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