#12 • Yup'ik Pictorial Coiled Grass Basket of Caribou

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $375.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A coiled grass Yup’ik basket with a broad, slightly bulbous body and a flat oval base, topped with a gently convex lid without the traditional knobbed finial. The basket features a continuous polychrome wraparound design of stylized caribou figures in alternating rows, rendered in muted shades of reddish-orange and dark brown. Fibers are almost entirely vertical as woven, with some light loss consistent throughout. Measures approximately 16" x 9.5" x 14" tall.