These baskets and rugs were originally gifts provided to several generations of Kepners and Innesses in the early 20th century, gathered by Ed or Thomas Grindell, a swashbuckling figure in the Kepner line (member of Roosevelt's "Rough Riders," adventurer and explorer). The large urn-shaped basket was one of the late Janet Kepner's earliest memories; she was born in 1929. Several of these baskets are museum pieces, in quality and substance.
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- Lot 306: Papago Vintage Handwoven Basket Handmade -- approx 18 inch tall x 13 inch wide at the shoulders, this museum-quality basket was gifted to the Kepner family sometime in the 1920s by Ed or Thomas Grindell, a close cousin and swashbuckling explorer (he was in Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders").
- Lot 308: Papago Indian Basket handmade early 1900's Animal figural basket -- approx 18 inch wide x 7 inch tall. This museum-quality basket was gifted to the Kepner family sometime in the 1920s by Ed Grindell, a close cousin and swashbuckling explorer (he was in Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders"). Other Papago baskets of that era are available in this auction: https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=papago
- Lot 320: 1940's Papago Indian handmade Basket- bowl-approx 11 inch wide Native American Baskets. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 321: 1940's Papago Indian basket -handmade bowl-approx 9 inch wide x 2 inch deep -Native American Basket. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 322: 1940's Papago Indian basket -handmade bowl / plate -approx 7.5 inch wide Native American Basket. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 323: 1940's Apache handmade souvenir basket- approx 10.5" wide x 5" deep Native American - the word \xD4Tucson' is weaved in the basket. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 324: 1940's handmade Native American handmade basket-approx 10 inch wide and approx 4.5 inch deep. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 325: Mid 1900's handmade Native basket- approx 9 inch wide-unknown which country or native tribe of origin. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 326: Mid 1900's handmade Native basket- approx 9 inch wide-unknown which country or Native tribe of origin. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 327: Early 1900's Native Pima tribe handmade American basket- approx 7 inches wide - label says Mary Grindell, relative of Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back gift baskets for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 328: Early 1900's Pima tribe handmade Native American basket- approx 6.5 inch wide - label says Mary Grindell, relative of Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back gift baskets for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 329: Early 1900's Native Pima handmade Native American basket- approx 9 inch wide - label says Grindell, a relative of Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back gift baskets for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 335: 1900's Navajo Rug approx 49 inch x 70 inch -Note: natural dye has run. Likely a gift from Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back Native baskets as gifts for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska in the early 1900s. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 336: Early Tourist Trade Mexican Rug-8 ft x approx 8 ft x 3.5 ft. Likely a gift from Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back gift baskets for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska in the early 1900s. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 337: Early 1900s Navajo rug -please note: running dye- rug approximately 77" x 44 inches (over 6 ft long). Likely a gift from Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back gift baskets for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska in the early 1900s. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
- Lot 338: 1940's Navajo rug - rug approx 68" long x 42 inch wide. Likely a gift from Ed or Thomas Grindell, adventurers and early Arizonans, who brought back gift baskets for relatives in Iowa and Nebraska in the early 1900s. See https://hibid.com/catalog/444693/rare-civil-war--indian-baskets-andrugs-button-collection?q=grindell for more baskets from the Grindell/Kepners.
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