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ca. 1900s
16.375" H x 21.5" L x 24" W
Hand Tight Open Twining Technique with a Light Brown Field and a Patterned Dark Brown Dog, Cross and Human Figure Motif Design using Devil's Claw and the Lower Body and Base of the Basket is Decorated with Dangling Buckskin Fringe Tipped with Cone Shaped Metal Chimes with 1st Place Blue Ribbons Best in Class Navajo Fair 1991
In Good Condition with Broken off Buckskin Fringe
The Apache burden basket is one of the most culturally significant and recognizable items of Apache material culture. Historically woven by women, these distinctive cone-shaped containers transitioned over generations from essential, rugged survival tools into deeply revered symbols of ceremonial life, tribal pride, and artistic mastery.
Condition:
Good
Tribe:
Apache
Year Range:
1900 - 1925
Region:
Southwest
Dimensions:
16.38 in21.5 in24 in
Category:
Basket - Burden Basket
