Pima /Papago basket with standing figures

If you have a sense of play, this basket is for you. There are six figures that circle the basket alternating in dark brown and soft pink (a strong red now faded). There is a touch of mystery to this basket because I can't really tell what they are doing. The darker figures appear to be holding two storage baskets, one with each arm. Or maybe the figures are weight lifters and what looks like storage baskets are really a set of weights. It is all a bit of good fun.  

H. 5"; D. 9 ¼"

c.1920