Western Apache Historic Basket [R]
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- Category: Bowls and Other Forms
- Origin: Western Apache
- Medium: Devil’s claw, willow
- Size: 3-3/4” deep x 9-3/4” diameter
- Item # C3169A
- Price No Longer Available
The Western Apache consist of five tribes—the Cibecue, San Carlos, White Mountain, and Northern and Southern Tonto. Their baskets were eagerly sought by collectors during the latter part of the nineteenth century, and are as popular today as they were then.
Traditional Western Apache baskets were made with coils of three rods arranged in a trianguloid bunch, over which the slender shoots of willow were woven. The willow, over time, turns to a beautiful golden hue.
The design elements were created with splints from the outer surface of the tough, horn-like seedpod of the black devil's claw. The incredible design in this basket consists of four sets of stacked mirror-image triangles spinning off a four-point star, and then interspersed with four triangular stacked elements.
Condition: The basket is in incredible condition.
Provenance: ex. coll. Illinois family
Recommended Reading: Apache Indian Baskets by Clara Lee Tanner
- Category: Bowls and Other Forms
- Origin: Western Apache
- Medium: Devil’s claw, willow
- Size: 3-3/4” deep x 9-3/4” diameter
- Item # C3169A
- Price No Longer Available
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