Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk bold which have been sewn together

which have been sewn together with black thread

so that I'd see it morning and night

which I'd guess dates to the 1860s-1880s

6" long x 1 3/4" wide x 1" deep

Antique Pima or Papago Native Pictorial Basket with Figures and Elk bold which have been sewn togetherThis wonderful late 19th or very early 20th century basket I purchased from the estate of Elaine Bradbury Vercoe, a descendant (the great granddaughter, I believe) of Colorado pioneer William Chase Bradbury (1849 1925). Held in her estate were both thousands of original antique photographs taken by Bradbury on expeditions around the Western U. S during the late 19th and early 20th century, many featuring Native Americans (as well as cowboys), along