Featured Can you please help identify? Tribal baskets

Hello
I am new to the forum, so I apologize if this isn't the correct place to get help.
I have inherited these baskets from my grandmother, however I don't know anything about them. I was hoping someone here might be able to help identify what type of baskets they are, perhaps where they might be from as well? Any and all information is greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much in advance.

 

Thank you, I dont know why it duplicated the photos though. I'm a newb haha

 

That's ok.
Go back to Edit, More Options. There is a Delete next to the photos. You can take out the duplicates.

I think the large one and the bowl are Native American. Not so sure about the hot pad shaped one.

Let's ask the expert.
@Taupou

Be sure to check back tomorrow. People come and go all day long.

 

@Karahbell
Don't let anyone take those off you..... Granny knew her stuff......at least for 2 of them......& you know what Meatloaf says... " 2 outta 3, ain't bad !

The thick tray is a Hopi bundle coiled Yucca item...
Woven for centuries by the Hopi Women of Second Mesa, ceremonial baskets or trays were given as gifts as thanks for the blessings received during the year.

The women who wove these treasures would have gathered the natural material from their environments. The designs were of animals, geometric shapes, or most commonly of Katsina images - the spirit essences of of things in the Hopi universe.

Now Kara....u have information that I don't.....so I will not guess at it's age...or value......but it's searchable.....
You also leave out size...where you're located, where she got em...and a condition report......so take what I offer next with a grain of salt....

Now, I am not poo pooing on the Hopi....BUT...The other two...... wow....

the domed tray.......Yavapai Apache pictorial ....antique.........sweeeeeeeeeet !!!!!
https://www.icollector.com/Yavapai-Western-Apache-Basket-Tray_i28933547
( just for comparison..)

The Olla....or vase shaped basket......... Apache pictorial ...antique...lovely !!

Most Apache baskets were made by the women of the San Carlos and White Mountain bands, but the jicarilla, Mescalero, and Chiricahua Apaches also did basketry.

Value is determined by beauty, a complex mix of qualities that are subjective and objective, as variable as their shapes and materials.
The material from which a basket is made determines its design and colour, as well as which technique - plaiting, twining or coiling - is used to produce it. Fibres include stripped branches of shrubs - especially willow branches, straw, bark, grass, roots, pine needles and rushes - in fact, any strong, slender pliable vegetable fibres. These are well tended, gathered at the proper time and then peeled, shaped, aged, softened and trimmed to size, which is necessary before starting to make a basket. Yucca root yields deep red. Sharp-thorned devil’s claw produces highly desirable brown to black for "negative designs." Willow shoots are originally white, but age through to yellow from oxidation from sun and air.

The Hopi........$$$
The Apache tray......$$$$
The Olla............... possibly.......$$$$$ ....if not ..then...$$$$

I've been dealing in and loving NA Baskets for almost 30 years....but let's wait for the "expert" to chime in.....or for that matter...any of the many experts we have here !!

cuz I could be all wet.............................................but don't bet on that !!!

 

I’m no expert but I almost fell off my counter stool when I saw the Apache olla. That’s a lovely collection.

 

WOW! Congrats Karahbell! @komokwa , I notice that one panel on the Yavapai Apache pictorial is different then the other 4. is that significant at all? Just wondering.

 

Well...it's her story to tell, so the weaver likely being a mother herself added the image of a mother horse to one of the panels......maybe the tray was a fertility gift....?

 

Apaches like horses as a rule. Maybe the design wasn't coming out even and she threw in Mama as "I meant it to be like this".(LOL) I do that with quilts all the time, so a weaver working by eye might have too.

 

Komo said it all! Nothing I can add, nice collection of baskets.

 

Ohh, I think it was intentional...

 

That wouldn't surprise me; the weaver looks like she knew her stuff.

 

Thank you so much for looking and all of that information on it. Love it! Your knowledge on these is amazing!! I had no idea they were so valuable. My grandmother lived in Southern California, she was an arts history professor and collected artifacts from all over the world as she traveled. Unfortunately we didn't ask her about a lot of the items before she passed, her whole house was cluttered with stuff. I would love to share the rest of the items I received from her on another thread.
I'm afraid these will dry out where I live...? It's very hot and dry here. How do I store these? Do you know the approximate age?

I was wondering what kind of animal it is too, it appears to have toes and horns and ears? Most images I searched have just 2 lines on the head, mine has 4.

Here are the pictures with measurements.

 

Thank you so much for all the information on my tribal baskets.
I am leaning towards selling them and was wondering if I could pick your brain on the best place to sell them. (ebay, or ?? I have no idea lol )
I see a lot on ebay, and trying to grasp a value for these. The Apache Tray is in amazing condition and the Olla as well except on the bottom there are a few broken off pieces, but not that noticeable unless you stare at it to find them. You have helped so much already, I really appreciate you. Thank you so much for any more information to help me sell them. <3

 

I'd say an auction house that deals in NA baskets...

you're missing Allards best of Santa Fe.....on soon.

The fall auctions are the best though...

Bonhams

Christies,,,

Cowans...

You could sell them on ebay...but I wouldn't.

 

Lovely, lovely Apache and Hopi baskets. I am jealous.

Do not worry about them drying out - just handle them carefully - two hands on the sides, not by the rim. DO NOT try to clean them or put anything on them. Just wrap them in a soft cotton cloth to protect them from dust and light.