Apache, Arizona / Burden Basket / Early 20th centuryApache, Arizona
Burden Basket
Early 20th century

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Creator Nationality: Native American
Creator Name-CRT: Apache, Arizona
Title: Burden Basket
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Creation Start Date: 1900
Creation End Date: 1960
Creation Date: Early 20th century
Creation Place: Arizona, United States
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Container
Materials and Techniques: Wood (mulberry or willow), cotton, tin
Dimensions: Height: 8 1/4"; diameter 8 1/2"
Description: Cylindrical, twined, burden basket with a reflexed bottom, slightly swelling wall and unelaborated rim; two, green strips of cotton material are attached with sewing, running vertically from rim to opposite rim, crossing at the bottom; attached to the cotton strips, and also arranged in two horizontal rows at the rim and base, are conical bells bent into shape from sheet tin; bells are individually attached with short swatches of cotton; fabric of the basketry is twill twining in alternate patterns over paired wefts (whole stems with bark remaining) creating a subtle pattern of alternating horizontal bands.
AMICA Contributor: Brooklyn Children's Museum
Owner Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
ID Number: 60.22.42
Credit Line: Gift of the Museum of the American Indian, 1960
Rights: http://www.amico.org/rights/bcm_.html
Context: This basket form, in a slightly larger size, was used by the Apache as a burden basket. With an added shoulder strap, women would sling the baskets across their backs to hold firewood when out collecting. Baskets such as this were also used to collect berries. Cloth strips were characteristic of Apache burden baskets. Their function was to veil the wooden, structural supports, which this basket lacks; on this basket, the strips are purely decorative. The decorative intent of the basket maker is further revealed through the addition of bells to the exterior. The small size and elaborated decoration of the basket suggest that it was made for commercial sale, although it is quite authentic. Often skin was added on the bottom to prolong the basket's life.
AMICA ID: BCM_.60.22.42
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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