Featured in this lot is this Papago Tohono O'odham polychrome bear grass basket circa 1940's. The basket features a wonderfully and professionally crafted bear grass construction that shows a polychrome coloration with layers of triangular and diamond shapes that are coloed with light green, blue, and red. The Tohono O'odham or Papago are a Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the northern Mexican state of Sonora. The federally recognized tribe is known in the United States as the Tohono O'odham Nation. The condition of this basket is well preserved with no obvious signs of major damage and otherwise shows a well preserved overall condition. The overall measurements of this basket are 6" x 14 7/8" x 14 78". The collective weight of this basket is 2lb 10oz.