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Coiled basket tray with geometric designs / Unknown

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These types of baskets were used domestically by the Mescalero Apache, however could have possibly been used ceremonially depending on the designs. Constructed of stacked rod coils. Rod coil construction makes a flat coil appearance.

Tags: yucca
People: Mescalero Apache
Places: Southwest, Central New Mexico
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Coiled basket tray with geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Mescalero (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Leland Shumway Estate
Accession No: 
71.233
Previous Number(s): 
TL1969; 7137.233; 15704
Department: 
Anthropology
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