Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Oliver Belvado (San Carlos Apache, 1866-1951) or an unnamed San Carlos Apache woman in 1919 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- San Carlos Apache
- Possible owner
- Oliver Belvado (Oliver Belvido), San Carlos Apache, 1866-1951
- Collector
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Date created
- circa 1910
- Object Name
- Burden basket
- Media/Materials
- Willow, deerhide/deerskin, paint, commercially tanned leather
- Techniques
- Twined, painted, fringed, tied
- Dimensions
- 39 x 41.5 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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