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Premier Auctions | Session II

Fri, Dec 4, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 378

Five Agnes Welch Cherokee Baskets

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Qualla Boundary, North Carolina, late 20th century, all oak split with brown and tan dyes, three burden baskets including one with original Qualla tag, one with Medicine Man tag, and one with Keener Craft Shop tag, 8-1/4 in. to 9 in.; unusual covered fish basket or creel, signed on bottom, 8 in.; finely woven small basket, unsigned, 5-1/2 in. - Provenance: Private Collection, Mills River, North Carolina

Condition

a few scattered fiber splits and breaks