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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 did some of the other tribes.  They continued making baskets of the style with which they were familiar which was the style they made for their own use.

This bowl or tray is typical of those made for use but does not appear to have been used.  It has a three-rod foundation and the design starts with a dark circle at the bottom center and spreads out in a flower petal pattern.  There are other elements pendant from the rim but the floral design is the predominant one.  It is quite likely that this basket dates to the 1920s.

Read more about this basket here..