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Coiled basket tray with six point star design / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

Stacked coiled basket. The sticks have been stacked and then flattened and sewn with yucca. Yucca is very delicate than other materials. Stacked coil construction is unique to Mescalero Apache and the Tohono O'odham (Papago). Yucca is used throughout the Southwest.

Tags: coiled basket tray
People: Mescalero Apache, Plains Apaches
Places: Southern Plains, Southern New Mexico
Purpose: domestic use, commercial sale, ceremonial events

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 six point star design
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Mescalero (artist and user)
Date: 
circa 1905
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.239
Previous Number(s): 
7137.239
Department: 
Anthropology
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