NE Arizona Apache Indian tribe coiled rye basket, leather laced on rim, sides and bottom, alternating dark colors, originally donated to the Harvard University's Peabody Museum and later deaccessioned. Provenance - script written on leather band by the Harvard University's Peabody Museum "AMERICAN INDIAN DEPT, BRAIN TAN RIM & BOTTOM UNIVERSITY MUSEUM #142-B 18(67?) Note - ALFRED VINCENT KIDDER & SAMUEL J. GUERNSEY were archeologists, who worked together for a few years in the Southwest, excavating the Betatakin site in Arizona. Guernsey discovered a whole cultural sequence that has become known as the Basket maker Culture. Condition - 1/2" x 1" oval hole in bottom, wear consistent with age.

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