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Apache Grain Storage
Basket
(#FCB176)
This Apache Grain Storage Basket stands 20
inches tall. After an olla was filled to the brim with wild grass seeds
such as chia or amaranth,
or domesticated plant products, like corn or beans, a basketry lid or
cover was put on top to protect the food inside. Some experts believe
that
the use of human and animal figures on baskets began around 1875. This
basket was made around the turn of the century.
Illustrated in
Spirits
in the Art, by James A. Hanson,
pg-206.
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