Apache
Basket
Nnee (Apache), 1866
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Apache
Basket
Nnee (Apache), 1866
Physical Qualities
Willow, cottonwood, devil's claw fibers, 4 3/4 H x 22 Diam. in. (12.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.B.212
The Western Apache made little pottery, instead using baskets to carry and store goods. Shallow bowl could have several functions in a camp. They could be used to serve foods or to winnow or parch seeds. Most baskets used to parch and winnow seeds probably would not have been decorated, however. Few examples of these are found in museums because collectors were attracted to the more ornate varieties. The designs were primarily decorative but might identify the weaver's clan.
Field photo:
C. C. Pierce, c. 1900, in Southwest (Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 10), 1983
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
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, 1977:127
Inscribed: object on view, unable to examine
