Apache Burden Basket

Price: Was $2500 / Sale Price $1750

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Apache Burden Basket

This is a gorgeous basket. It is 18" tall including the leather fringe. It is approximately 14" in diameter.

The burden basket of the Apache tribe is one of the most quickly recognized items of material culture of the Apache people. The baskets were once made for everyday use in collecting or gathering wild foods or to cultivate crops like corn. Large burden baskets were sometimes made for food storage. Buckskin is added to enhance the basket. It is said that these are hung outside a home and visitors are to place their burdens in the basket before entering the home. The saying “leave your burdens at the door” originated with these baskets.