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Coiled bowl
Coiled bowl

Coiled bowl

Dateearly 20th century
Label TextUsing simple design elements—triangles, stars, and frets, for example—Apache basketmakers combine these motifs in an astounding variety of compositions, some fixed, some dynamic. They might represent mountains, meandering streams or celestial constellations.
Object number81.17.1328
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) Diam.: 43.2 cm
MediumWillow, devil's claw
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.199
Coiled tray
Object number: 91.3
Basketry bowl with flaring sides: birds
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 86.99
Pima
20th century
Object number: 86.98
late 19th century
Object number: 2024.19.201
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Pomo
early 20th century
Object number: 2013.4.13
Treasure basket
Pomo
early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.1314
Basket
Pomo
early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.1315
Storage or cooking basket
early 20th century
Object number: 81.17.1372