Clothing
+ Fashion
Jewelry +
Watches
Home +
Furniture
 Pottery 
+ Glass
Art +
 Photos 
Paper +
  Books  
Music +
Movies
Toys +
Games
Sports +
Outdoors
Ads +
  Signs  
Eras +
Themes

Both useful and beautiful, Native American baskets have been an indigenous art form for literally thousands of years. The oldest remains have been dated to over 10,000 years ago, but most of the baskets that survive in collections today were made after the arrival of Columbus and before the end of the 19th century. Baskets are usually made from untwisted or twisted strands of natural fibers. They can be sewn using the coiling method or woven using plaiting or twining techniques.

Those made in the late 18th and 19th centuries exhibited the growing influence and European forms and materials. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Native Americans mostly stopped making baskets altogether, as tribes became increasingly fragmented and American goods became pervasive. The craft reemerged in the 20th century as primarily a decorative art, making baskets marketable commodities rather than functional goods.

Show & Tell - Share Your Stuff!

» See all Native American baskets Show & Tells

Interviews & Articles

Katsina or Kachina? Barry Walsh on the Spiritual Roots of Native American Dolls

Katsinas are representations of spirit beings, so they should convey a certain amount of spirituality. The old ones generally do t… [more]

Native American Jewelry Author Mark Bahti Talks Turquoise and Squash Blossoms

Thanks to my father, I basically grew up involved with Indian arts and culture. He was a graduate of the University of New Mexico … [more]



Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)

First American Art

First American Art

The companion website to First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of American Indian Art, which… [read review or visit site]



Top eBay Auctions

See all 60 by  highest bidmost watchedcompleted
Excellent & Rare Antique Pima/papago Footed Basket - 12 1/2 Inch Diameter Lg. Apache Deep Basket Bowl, C. 19001900's Native American Indian Pima - Papago Four Men Dancing Woven Bowl BasketSmall Feathered Pomo Indian Trinket - Gift BasketAntique Indian Native Birch Bark Sweet Grass Porcupine Quill Eagle Basket MicmacNavajo Wedding Or Ceremonial Basket 13.5"d. - Near Mint Condition - Star DesignHuge 24" Vintage Sw Navajo Indian Doll With Miniature Basket & MoccasinsLarge Round Antique Salish Indian Basket W/ Knob Lid, ImbricationNorth Fork Mono Indian Cradle Board BasketNavajo Indian Pictorial Feather + Wedding Basket Design Rug Weaving No ReserveNorth Fork Mono Indian Cradle Board BasketTwined Berry Basket From Pacific Nw Area, Klamath? 5" Tall, 6" DiameterGreat Native Northern California Indian Basket HatNavajo Coiled Basket, Wedding Ceremonial Olla By Alice Begay, Pine Pitch Inside!No Reserve * Fine Early Papago * Storage Basket * Swastika * Devil's Claw Native Quill Box Lovers Rare Algonquin Ojibway Older Porcupine 7" Tea Pot Very Fine Lidded Makah Basket Bowl--nr!1920's (?) Lidded Basket Nootka Or Makah? Open Wrap, Cedar Bark, Bear Grass Beautiful Old Choctaw Lidded River Cane Storage Basket Early 1900 Great ColorVery Fine Makah Lidded Basket Bowl--nr!Great Old Native Acoma Pueblo Indian Pottery BasketFred Harvey Papago Trinket Basket, 1943, Original Tag, Excellent! Must See!Old Tlingit Berry Basket Parts & Pieces Upper Pacific Northwest Coast Circa 1900Beautiful Vintage Navajo Wedding Basket!! Excellent ConditionLarge Vintage Ojibway Indian Porcupine Quilled On Birchbark Covered Basket/box~~~ Vintage Indian Papago BasketNice Vintage Northwest Native Coastal Tribe Woven Lidded BasketPapago Indian Lidded Basket S.w. Native AmericanAntique Red Stain Splint Market Indian Basket Notched Ash Handle Early Aafa NrSigned Native Winnebago Indian Basket Wisconsin Indian Arts Festival 1984Vintage Miniature Woven Berry Shape Passamoquody Native American Basket UniqueLarge Round Vintage Coiled Second Mesa Hopi Indian BasketVintage Coiled Louisiana Indian Coushatta Koasati Indian Pine Raffia Basket Beautifully Made Navajo Wedding BasketAntique 1920s? Small Lidded Basket Box Nootka Or Makah? Cedar Bark, Bear GrassAntique Native American Indian Maine Basket PassamaguoddyPapago Indian Basket Handled Tray ~ Figural Man Pattern ~ 15-3/8" LongVintage Acoma New Mexico Native American Hanging Basket/bowlBeautiful Vintage Papago Basket Plaque!! Excellent ConditionNr * No Reserve * Southwest * Fine Early * Papago * Storage Basket * C1940'sBeautiful Woven Figural Basket Papago? Such An Intricate Weave! Finely Woven Vintage New England Indian Ash & Sweetgrass Notions BasketBeautiful Large Hopi Basket!! Antique Native American Papago Olla Coil Basket With Lid Large 20" Mi'kmaq TribeBeautiful Vintage Hopi Basket Plaque!! Excellent ConditionVintage Cherokee White Oak Basket Purse--great Used Con--no ReserveVintage Papago Weaved Oval Basket, Very Nice Condition Earth TonesPapago Indian Basket Plaque ~ Figural Turtle Pattern !!3 Pc Papago Native Indian BasketVintage Animkijou Ojibwa Indain Handicrafts Birch Basket Cup Woodlands SignedVintage New England Indian Ash & Sweetgrass Sewing BasketHand Woven Native American Bowl/basket 9" BowlVintage Native American Maine Fancy Handkerchief Basket Sweet Grass/ash SplintNo Reserve * Pictorial * Animal Fine Early * Papago * Storage Basket * C1920'sWoven Basket With Native American Design2 Red Pottery Clay Basket Vase BowlNative American Basket?-unknown Origin-maker-date?Vintage Pima Miniature Pine Needle Basket With Lid1870 "awesome" "indians With Tee-pee"georgia,(unresearched)store Money!Polychromed Native American Basket - Geometric - Antique Indian - Maidu ?
»» Get our weekly Native American Baskets email
Right now on eBay