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Coiled basket tray with willow and devil's claw with geometric designs
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Coiled basket tray with willow and devil's claw with geometric designs
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Large twined willow storage basket / Unknown

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Attributed Chiricahua Apache baskets are rare. Possibly created in Ft. Sill. Simple banded basket. This basket would have stored various types of crops like seeds, not corn.

Tags: storage basket, willow, brown
People: Chiricahua Apache
Places: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

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

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Title(s): 
Large twined willow storage basket
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Chiricahua (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, devil's claw
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.252
Previous Number(s): 
7136.252
Department: 
Anthropology
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