Western Apache, White Mountain Apache, and others
Burden Basket
Western Apache (White Mountain or San Carlos Apache), 1889
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- Culture: Western Apache
- Culture: White Mountain Apache
- Culture: San Carlos Apache
Burden Basket
Western Apache (White Mountain or San Carlos Apache), 1889
Physical Qualities
Willow, devil's claw, buckskin, 14 × 19 7/16 in. (35.5 × 49.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.B.219
Deep bowl with sides flaring to wide opening; horizontal bands of red, black and tan diagonal stripes; four strips of buckskin sewn vertically around basket; long buckskin fringe sewn intermittently around rim and base. Beaded rim. (entered by M.Dodd 1/14/11)
Twined.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
"The Pliant Reed: Native American Baskets" (Organized by BMA, for circulation) 1983-84 (cat 6)
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, 1977:131
Inscribed: None.
