Antique Apache Basket

ca. 1900

7" H x 9.25" D

Hand Coiled with a Golden Tan Field and a Zigzag Lightening and Clouds Motif Design in a Reddish Tan and Dark Brown Colors

In Good Condition with Minor Rim Loss

Antique Apache baskets are highly prized examples of Native American basketry from the Western Apache peoples (including groups like White Mountain, San Carlos, Cibecue, and Tonto Apache) in the American Southwest, primarily Arizona. Women weavers created them using traditional coiling techniques, often for utilitarian purposes like storing grain, winnowing, or carrying, though many entered the collector market in the late 19th to early 20th centuries.