The identification of a basket is made not through the interpretation of a “mysterious meaning” of the design but generally from the design motif itself. For instance, baskets made by tribes of southern California are distinguishable to the trained eye since they tend to be of a particularly heavy, bold and angular style. They seldom have _mysterious meanings_! (See Plate 12b) BASKETRY _Western Apache_—Arizona and New Mexico Case No. 13: At one time it was not difficult to identify _Apache_ Basketry by tribal name, such as: _San Carlos_, _Chiricahua_, _Tonto_, and _Yavapai_. Today it is not possible to identify baskets as belonging to a particular _Apache_ tribe. During the nineteenth century these southwest tribes waged continual warfare with the Anglos and Spaniards who had settled in the area. Attempts were made by the United States government to establish treaties. However, newly written treaties were broken before the ink dried! About 1880, the army rounded up all the Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico and took them as prisoners to the _San Carlos Reservation_. There they remained confined for several years. During this period of confinement the basket weavers copied designs and weaving techniques from one another. When the tribes were released and allowed to return to their respective reservations the “new” styles of basketry were continued. As a result of this situation, today we find baskets woven by these tribes to be so similar in appearance that definite tribal affiliation cannot be determined. They are therefore classified only as _Western Apache_ baskets. (See Plate 13a) DATSOLALEE 1918 _Washoe_—Western Nevada Case No. 3: This basket was made by _Dabuda_ (Young Willow). She was later given the nick-name of _Datsolalee_ (Broad in the Hips) and is best known by this name since later in life she tipped the scales at 350 pounds. On March 26, 1917, _Datsolalee_ started weaving this specimen which is fifty-two inches in circumference and has more than 100,000 stitches (more than thirty to the inch). Eleven months later, on February 16, 1918, she completed this basket which is her greatest masterpiece. Although made for ceremonial use, the shape is that of a food bowl. The white background is made of peeled twig from the Mountain Willow; the black color is the root of a Bracken, or giant fern; the reddish-brown is bark from the Nevada Redbud. To her the design meant: _We assemble to discuss the happy lives of our ancestors._ Shortly after the completion of this basket the weaver lost her eyesight. She died at the age of 95 in 1926.