APACHE BASKETS

The Apache baskets have been sold since the 80’s.
They are traditionally obtained from yucca, sumac and mulberries as simple and useful containers.
Are colored in shades of red, yellow and blue.
The three traditional types trays are round and shallow, high transport baskets and jars sealed with pitch.
The Apache as a consequence of their past as nomads are divided into two groups which are then subdivided into several bands.
They were nomadic people who refused to settle in the reserves, the baskets were easy to carry, and did not break.
The real challenge of the basketwork is the skill in giving shape, but the women of the southeastern Indians are great teachers in obtaining well-proportioned and symmetrical patterns, as it is shown by this Cherokee basket made of strips of cane and with a two pieces lid (under ), created around 1900.