Book
Basketry of the San Carlos Apache
American Museum of Natural History • 31 (2) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 121-218
By: Roberts, Helen Heffron.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source, prepared after laboratory work at the American Museum of Natural History, the Field Museum of Natural History and the United States National Museum, describes the basketry of the San Carlos Apache, specifically addressing the gathering and preparation of materials, methods of weaving and typical forms; forms and proportions, ornamentation, designs and elements. Comments are made regarding the distinctiveness and similarity San Carlos basketry has with that of other southwestern groups. Illustrations are included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Mats and basketry
- Utensils
- Decorative art
- Ethnobotany
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Delgra Childs ; John Beierle ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1916-1917
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Carlos Reservation, east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Helen H. Roberts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 30024590
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians