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Native American, Mescalero Apache
about 1900
Object Place: Mescalero Reservation, Southeastern New Mexico, United States, Southwest
Medium/Technique
Yucca, leaf, and root (willow or sumac)
Dimensions
8.89 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George F. Meacham
Accession Number16.129
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBasketry
DescriptionCoiled over two sticks giving a width of 3/4 in. The stitch is of yucca and interlocked with the one below. The outside of the leaf makes the green, the inside, white, the root the bottom.
Provenance1916, gift of George F. Meacham (b. 1831 - d. 1917), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1916)