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Coiled basket tray with human, animal, and geometric designs / Unknown

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Polychrome, coiled basket tray. The six human designs are wearing black or red dresses. There are also six deer alternated between the human designs. This basket tray would have held food or served as a general container.

Tags: horses, human designs, geometric designs, coiled basket tray, flat bottom, willow, devil's claw, slope sides
People: Western Apache
Places: Arizona
Purpose: domestic 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 human, animal, and geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Western (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Place: 
Southwest
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, devil's claw
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.238
Previous Number(s): 
7137.238
Department: 
Anthropology
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