Skip to main content

Western Apache

Basket

Western Apache, 1889-1909

Scroll

Western Apache

Basket

Western Apache, 1889-1909

Physical Qualities Willow, cottonwood, devil's claw, 17 15/16 × 14 3/4 × 1 in. (45.5 × 37.5 × 2.5 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number 1953.220.B.19
Oval shallow basket with black design of three guard stripes around centered oval; two nested black oval meander bands rising toward rim to support triangular figures; geometric figures around rim. (entered by M.Dodd 1/14/11) Coiled
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
"The Pliant Reed: Native American Baskets" (Organized by BMA, for circulation) 1983-84 (cat 5)
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:122

Inscribed: None.

Explore the Collection Further

Jeremy Frey
"Aura" Basket
2022
Andrew Ellicott Warner
Basket
1844–1854