Vintage Soft Twined Basket Bowl Geometric Plateau Style Woven Art 13.5" x 6.5" For Sale

Vintage Soft Twined Basket Bowl Geometric Plateau Style Woven Art 13.5" x 6.5"

Good pre-owned vintage condition with natural aged patina to the fibers. Light wear and minor color fading consistent with age and hand-crafted construction. The weave is flexible and pliable rather than rigid, retaining its structural form while soft to the touch. Please view all photos for detailed condition.

• Probable Tribe/Region: Columbia River Plateau / Pacific Northwest Indigenous Peoples (most closely associated with Nez Perce, Yakama, or Umatilla weaving traditions).

• Technique: Soft-twined basketry utilizing false embroidery (the geometric step patterns visible on the exterior.

• Materials: Woven natural plant fibers (such as hemp, dogbane, or tule) paired with native corn husk or bear grass for the decorative pattern work.

• Authentic vintage Pacific Northwest / Columbia River Plateau soft-twined woven basket bowl. Features traditional full-turn twining with false embroidery in a bold geometric step motif around the outer wall. Constructed from soft, flexible natural fibers and corn husk/grass, giving it a pliable structure characteristic of traditional Plateau storage bowls and hat-form basketry. The interior exhibits the exposed weaving ends typical of authentic hand-twined false embroidery."