#81 • Massive Yup'ik Pictorial Grass Basketry Display - Mary John

Part of June 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $800.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A fine pictorial Yup'ik coiled basketry display of tremendously impressive and unusual size. The work, measuring over 28" in diameter, features Alaska Native peoples, ducks, geese, and caribou. Found with the original Alaska Native handicraft label indicating it was made by Mary John of Newtok, AK.