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- 230424-22 Fine Pima (Akimel O'odham) Basket with Padre Trade beads
230424-22 Fine Pima (Akimel O'odham) Basket with Padre Trade beads
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230424-22
$525.00
$525.00
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early 20th century;
2 3/8" H x 9 1/2"D
Coiled basket woven of willow and devils claw with alternating rim stitches "ticking" of the different colors.
This basket isdotted with multi-colored padre beads; a relatively rare find.
Padre Trade Beads were an early glass trade bead that originally came from China. They got the name Padre bead from the Spanish priests who wore them. "Padre" is the word for "father" in Spanish. Colonial Spanish priests traded these beads to the Native Americans.
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