Western Apache Small Basket [SOLD]
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- Category: Bowls and Other Forms
- Origin: Apache, American Indians
- Medium: willow, mulberry, devil’s claw
- Size: 7-1/8” diameter x 2-1/8” deep
- Item # 25735 SOLD
Western Apache basket makers did not succumb to making non-functional basket shapes such as flat plaques, wastebaskets, straight-sided and footed vases and gadgets such as match holders, purses, and figures of animals, plants and humans as some of the other tribes did.
Small baskets such as this one were made for home use as well as for sale but it remains true to Apache basketry form. The zigzag lines represent rattlesnakes. The basket was very tightly woven and has taken on a golden patina from age, estimated to be about 100 years.
Condition: very good condition
Recommended Reading: Apache Indian Baskets by Clara Lee Tanner. This book is currently not available from Adobe Gallery
Provenance: from a gentleman in Santa Fe
- Category: Bowls and Other Forms
- Origin: Apache, American Indians
- Medium: willow, mulberry, devil’s claw
- Size: 7-1/8” diameter x 2-1/8” deep
- Item # 25735 SOLD
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