Navajo Ceremonial Basket

Circa 1900s, tightly coiled with three cross-form designs, 'herring bone' woven rim covering.

3 x 11 1/2 in.

From the family collection of Indian Agent Charles Edwin Kelsey (1861-1936). Kelsey was highly regarded for having "...written extensively and eloquently on the practical and moral obligation of the government to redress the atrocious wrongs suffered by California Indians."

Good condition.