Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0018 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Mescalero Apache | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Otero | |
| Other Geographic Data | Mescalero Apache Reservation area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Sumac (Rhus sp.) stems (?); Yucca (Yucca sp.) leaves and roots | |
| Description | Large round shallow basket with flat base and widely flaring sides, woven in coiling technique over bundle foundation (on inner coils) and rod foundation (on outer coils); Warp material is probably sumac shoots and primary weft material is bleached yucca leaves; Design is woven of bleached and unbleached yellow yucca leaves and brown yucca root and consists of negative 4-point star in center of basket, outlined with larger positive 4-point star, with the points extending to the rim; Brown terraced triangle is located in each point of both the negative and positive stars; Wide terraced V-shape of unbleached yucca and terraced triangle of yucca root fill spaces between star's points around rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.5, Max Diam = 48.2 | |