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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 8025997, member: 8267"]I am afraid this basket is a very typical import from Pakistan, which has been prolific with baskets copying SW designs. I have had some in my hands that still have the Made in Pakistan label.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coils of Apache baskets are composed of three fine wood rods (willow or cottonwood), and sewn with thin split strands of the same woods. The Pakistani basket such as yours are made with grass bundles, sewn with split palm leaves.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should say that very similar baskets are made in several African countries - Uganda, Rwanda, and South Africa - also of various grasses and palm fibers, which have also been imported.</p><p><br /></p><p>Designs are easily copied by any competent basket maker. Materials are a better way to distinguish origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you would like to learn more about baskets, I can recommend two good sources. For SW Native American baskets, <u>Southwestern Indian Baskets: Their History and Their Makers</u>, by Andrew Hunter Whiteford. And for a good introduction and overview of international baskets, <u>Art of the Basket: Traditional Basketry from Around the World</u>, by Bryan Sentance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 8025997, member: 8267"]I am afraid this basket is a very typical import from Pakistan, which has been prolific with baskets copying SW designs. I have had some in my hands that still have the Made in Pakistan label. The coils of Apache baskets are composed of three fine wood rods (willow or cottonwood), and sewn with thin split strands of the same woods. The Pakistani basket such as yours are made with grass bundles, sewn with split palm leaves. I should say that very similar baskets are made in several African countries - Uganda, Rwanda, and South Africa - also of various grasses and palm fibers, which have also been imported. Designs are easily copied by any competent basket maker. Materials are a better way to distinguish origin. If you would like to learn more about baskets, I can recommend two good sources. For SW Native American baskets, [U]Southwestern Indian Baskets: Their History and Their Makers[/U], by Andrew Hunter Whiteford. And for a good introduction and overview of international baskets, [U]Art of the Basket: Traditional Basketry from Around the World[/U], by Bryan Sentance.[/QUOTE]
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