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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0090-0019   CAS 0090-0019; Basket
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
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; Designs are woven of unbleached yellow yucca leaves and consist of 4 triangles at cardinal directions in center of basket, enclosed within terraced rectangle whose corners touch the rim; 4 terraced triangles that are pendant from rim fill in spaces outside the terraced rectangle.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.0, Max Diam = 50.3