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Apache Basket

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Apache Basket
SOLD
250.00USD+ (57.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Oct 02 @ 10:45UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Nice design, but not clean. Rim is broken in one place. 14.75" diam x 4" deep. Of all the baskets of the southwest region, early three rod coiled Apache baskets of the Western Apache and Yavapai Apache are the most collectible. Apache fine coiled willow basketry on the three rod foundation died with the Great Depression of the 1930's. An art form perfected over thousands of years was lost in a decade as weavers took up new lines of work. Visually, Apache baskets are striking with strong contrast in color and bold geometric motifs. Being on a three rod foundation makes the baskets tight, stiff and sturdy with no bend to them, and yields rounded well-defined coils that stand out. Apache baskets are made of Willow shoots -- sized, peeled (whitish originally, aged to a golden tan /light brown in most all early examples). Martynia/devils claw seed pod, black/dark brown; used in design. Yucca root -- used sparingly in a small percentage of Apache baskets; brick red in color. City: State: Date: c.1890 HWAC# 32161