TWO CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN SPLIT WHITETWO CONTEMPORARY APPALACHIAN SPLIT WHITE OAK BASKETS The first, a Trevle Wood Cannon County (Woodbury, TN) basket, 1991, semicircular form with woven rim and rib, signed and dated to handle; the second, an Aaron Yakim (Parkersburg, WV) buttocks basket, with woven rim and applied swing handle, signed and numbered 25 / 00 to handle, retains artist card.
SHELF OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND STUDIOSHELF OF NATIVE AMERICAN AND STUDIO BASKETS, INCLUDING APACHE BURDEN BASKET, (2) NIEHUES WHITE OAK BASKETS, AND (3) KUMEYAAY BASKETS... Shelf of Native American and studio baskets, including Apache burden basket, (2) Niehues white oak baskets, and (3) Kumeyaay baskets, together with tall vase sgraffito decorated with a giraffe, greatest 17.75"h and a weaving.
7 MILDRED YOUNGBLOOD BASKETSGroup of7 MILDRED YOUNGBLOOD BASKETSGroup of 7 split white oak baskets hand-made by Mildred Youngblood, Cannon County, TN, born about 1928, including 2 half-form hanging baskets, 11-1/2" x 12-1-4" W x 6-3/4" D and 12"H; 3 smaller buttocks baskets, 9-1/4" x 8-3/4" W x 8-1/2" D and 11-1/2" H; 1 medium size, 12" H, and 1 large buttocks basket, 16-1/2" H x 20" W x 17" D. 2nd half 20th century, TN. Provenance - Yates estate, Greeneville, Tennessee.
Condition:
All in good condition with minor surface grime. Two with prices written in pencil on handle. Glue residue from tag on handle of one hanging basket.
FIVE (5) CHEROKEE AND APPALACHIAN WHITEFIVE (5) CHEROKEE AND APPALACHIAN WHITE OAK BASKETSAssembled grouping of five (5) Native American Cherokee and Appalachian white oak baskets, all with alternating walnut and blood dyed weavers, including, two (2) lidded buttocks baskets with handles, one (1) shopping basket, one (1) small rectangular carrying basket with handle, and one (1) footed oval carrying basket with handle. Ranging in size from 5" H x 5 3/4" W x 5 1/4" D to 10 1/4" H x 12 W x 10 1/4" D. All 20th century.
Private Bristol, Tennessee collection.
Condition:
All in overall very good condition. Rectangular basket and both lidded buttocks baskets with fading to dyed weavers. Largest buttocks with one pin loss to one side of one lid, smallest buttocks basket with a couple of slight weaver losses to the base.
TEN (10) MINIATURE BASKETS, CHEROKEETEN (10) MINIATURE BASKETS, CHEROKEE RIVERCANE & WHITE ...Ten (10) Miniature Baskets. First Grouping of eight (8) Native American Cherokee miniature baskets, all with dyed weavers, including four (4) Ramona Lossiah rivercane or white oak baskets with Medicine Man Indian Crafts or Cherokee Indian made tags; one (1) double weave rivercane wastebasket or vase form basket; and three (3) white oak waste basket / vase form baskets, including one with Qualla tag for the maker Nancy Wilnoty; lot also in two Appalachian miniature buttocks baskets with dyed weavers and one with orange paint (possibly added later). All 20th century. Ranging in size from 1" H x 2 1/2" W to 4 1/2" H x 4 7/8" W.
Private Bristol, Tennessee collection.
Condition:
All in overall very good condition.
SIXTEEN (16) MINIATURE BASKETS, MOSTLYSIXTEEN (16) MINIATURE BASKETS, MOSTLY CHEROKEEGrouping of 16 Native American baskets including four (4) Cherokee white oak baskets with dyed weavers including one (1) cradle form by Dolly Taylor; one (1) Cherokee rivercane wastebasket; one (1) Cherokee rivercane carrying basket; one (1) Cherokee white oak rectangular basket; two (2) Cherokee honeysuckle carrying basket with dyed weavers; one (1) Cherokee white oak wall basket; two (2) Cherokee carrying baskets; one (1) Cherokee round basket; one (1) Seminole round pine straw lidded basket; and two (2) split white oak wall or flower baskets, Appalachian region. Ranging in size from 1/2" to 4 3/4" H x 5 7/8" W. All 20th century.
Private Bristol, Tennessee collection.
Condition:
All baskets in overall good condition. White oak hanging baskets with some minor losses to weavers to one side.
SIXTEEN (16) MINIATURE TN WHITE OAKSIXTEEN (16) MINIATURE TN WHITE OAK BASKETS, INCL. GRAD...Grouping of sixteen (16) East Tennessee miniature white oak splint baskets, including: a graduated set of five (5) buttocks baskets, one (1) larger buttocks basket, and ten (10) miniature buttocks baskets attributed to Artie Minton, Sullivan County, TN. Ranging in size from 1 1/2" H x 1 1/2" W x 1 3/8" D to 4 7/8" H x 5" W x 4 3/4" D. All last quarter 20th century.
Private Bristol, Tennessee collection.
Condition:
All unsigned, overall very good condition.
3 CANNON COUNTY MIDDLE TN BASKETS, 23 CANNON COUNTY MIDDLE TN BASKETS, 2 SIGNEDGrouping of three (3) Cannon Couny, Middle Tennessee split white oak baskets with woven rims and handles including two buttocks form and one rectangular form. Smallest buttocks basket with tag reading "Hand made by Bettie E. Tanner" with her address, largest buttocks basket signed and dated "Alberta Underwood, 1992", in pencil to the base. Ranging in size from 6 1/4" H x 7 1/2" W to 10 1/2" H x 11 1/2" W. All 20th century.
Condition:
All baskets in excellent condition.
TWO HAND WOVEN CHEROKEE WHITE OAK BASKETSTWO HAND WOVEN CHEROKEE WHITE OAK BASKETS Two hand woven Cherokee white oak baskets, both of square section, the first by Carol Long woven with dyed white oak in the Star on the Mountain design, signed in pencil underneath and an Emma Taylor woven basket with butternut and bloodroot dye, having no apparent signature, both retaining tags for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Approximate measurements: Star h. 7", sq 5"; second h. 8. 25", sq. 6. 75".
Two Cherokee White Oak Baskets knittingTwo Cherokee White Oak Baskets knitting basket, Qualla tag for Julia Taylor, 14 in., some fading; large circular picnic, two hinged demilune lids and circular foot ring, 14-1/2 in., lids slightly loose in handle, pin on one lid broken off but pr