Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk bold The basket itself is in

The basket itself is in excellent condition

and feeling to me both ancient and modern

happily large enough to hold a enough to share with a friend or two

which may be original to the making

Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk bold The basket itself is inThis wonderful late 19th or very early 20th century basket I purchased from the estate of Elaine Bradbury Vercoe, a descendant (the great granddaughter, I believe) of Colorado pioneer William Chase Bradbury (1849 1925). Held in her estate were both thousands of original antique photographs taken by Bradbury on expeditions around the Western U. S during the late 19th and early 20th century, many featuring Native Americans (as well as cowboys), along