Featured Basket ID help

The colors and the shiny finish on this do not look right for a NA basket, but the stitches, material (yucca?), and 2-rod base looked enough like Southwestern baskets that I took a chance at $9.

I ask, once again, for your guys' opinions and comments. Thank you!

 

with that crenelated rim, it's nothing I recognize...

 

Thank you!

 

It looks like the foundation may be 3 rod, bunched, with 2 rods only in the last zig-zag coil of the rim. It also looks like the rim may have been a little experimental, as the zig-zags don't appear to be evenly distributed. The colors, 3-rod bunch foundation, and the shape of the stitches makes me think it might be Jicarilla Apache. They did make non-traditional shapes sometimes.

 

Interesting! Good observations @2manybooks. Thanks. I'll look in that direction.

 

This is a relatively quick and useful read. My basket does have some similarities.

https://toh-atin.com/blog/jicarilla-apache-baskets/

 

maybe........ but it sure looks new....

 

Mine has some age to it. It's not an antique, but judging by the color fade alone, I'd say it's at least vintage.

I think it's one of those cases where someone covered it in shellac. It's a little hard to photo but it's unnaturally glossy and smooth.

 

If shellac was used, I think you might be able to see pooling between the stitches. But there have also been treatments (no longer recommended) using glycerin, which would be a thinner, more transparent coating.

Although I can't identify the specific materials used, they do look more like those used in Native American baskets than other traditions (not palm leaves, rattan, or bamboo, for example). I have seen the zig-zag rims on Klickitat baskets, but they usually use decorative imbrication on the surface.

 

I know what you mean about Klickitat baskets having a similar rim, but the willow rod foundation on mine seems much more Southwestern in style to me.

I'll add that owing to that foundation, the basket is super rigid and strong.