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Noun
burden basket (plural burden baskets)
- A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.
1942, Emily Carr, “East and West”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:A cedar-root burden basket of her own weaving was slung across the woman's back, steadied by a woven pack strap worn across the chest. Women of some tribes wore the strap across their foreheads, pushing their heads forward against the burden's weight.
- 2007, Dennis Slifer, Kokopelli: The Magic, Mirth, and Mischief of an Ancient Symbol, Gibbs Smith, Chapter 3, p. 109,
- the hump on some figures' backs may sometimes represent a burden basket, which was employed throughout northern Mexico, and at Hopi was used along with a supporting forehead strap.
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Generally refers to items produced traditionally in indigenous North American communities.
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