Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0013-0038 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Burden basket | |
| Culture | Western Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods; Rawhide; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Small round burden basket with concave base and flaring sides, woven primarily in 3-strand twining; Warp material is probably whole willow shoots and primary weft material is unpeeled split willow shoots; Warp rods are bent over at rim and coil-wrapped; Second rim coil is also coil-wrapped and alternates units of natural colored willow with units of black devil's claw; Designs on exterior sides are woven of dyed willow and consist of 4 parallel bands; Three of the bands include both natural colored and red willow, with the addition of dyed black willow in one of them; the uppermost band is woven entirely of dyed red willow; Piece of rawhide covers base of basket, with four bands extending up sides and over rim, all of which were originally decorated with decorative rawhide fringes; Two groups of additional rawhide loops on upper sides of basket probably secured tumpline. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 24.7, Max Diam = 31.1 | |