Basin shaped, coiled; "Gila Monster" design (4 designs representing gila monster heads), in between heads are diamondlike designs with black filled triangles at some corners.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Riverside
Culture or time period:
Western Apache
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Tourist item.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 49 centimeters
Comment:
W.W. Lyman says "Apache baskets were more expensive then than others, with Pima baskets being the cheapest.