Burden Basket

57-26-21

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Tats'aa'
Object Number 57-26-21
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Western Apache
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Willow | Devil's Claw | Buckskin | Pigment
Technique Twined
Description

Large, rounded bottom, flaring sides; twiaed. Mid-band of darker and light materials alternate over every 2 warps to produce design. Rather long leather fringes on outside attached below rim and at bottom. Often used as saddle basket.

Height 34 cm
Outside Diameter 27.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number L-269-23 - Old Museum Number

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