Finely Handwoven Large Basket with Frog Pattern brooch with wide bowl rising gracefully

with wide bowl rising gracefully from cylindrical body

I have since found others similar (including in museum collections) and know that it likely came from Guererro in Mexico

so at the moment it looks to me rather sad

which in turn has been mounted on a 8"x 10" piece mat board that at some point was annotated by a seller

It has a wonderful presence and a fire cloud on one side from the traditional outdoor firing

Finely Handwoven Large Basket with Frog Pattern brooch with wide bowl rising gracefullyI am fairly certain this beautiful tall wicker basket, with lovely outwardly curling lip and terrific banded pattern of frogs around its lower half, is Northwest Coast Native. Handwoven, and very finely made, it features a sturdy structure of horizontal rings visible on the interior, and a pronounced vertical warp visible on the exterior, woven at varying densities with thinner reeds, some of which have been dyed red and black. It appears to have some