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Western Apache, White Mountain Apache, and others

Burden Basket

Western Apache (White Mountain or San Carlos Apache), 1909

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Burden Basket

Western Apache (White Mountain or San Carlos Apache), 1909

Physical Qualities Sumac, willow, devil's claw, leather, 8 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (22.2 × 26.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Harry B. Dillehunt, Jr., in Memory of her Husband
Object Number 1978.60.19
Deep bowl with sides flaring to wide opening; design of horizontal bands of red an tan diagonal stripes; remnants of buckskin finge around basket. (entered by M.Dodd 1/14/11) Twined
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:130

Inscribed: Tape: 'L.45.84.14'. Label: '14'.

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