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Large coiled jug shaped basket with finger woven tumpline and horsehair lugs / Unidentified

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The strap is not Jicarilla Apache; it's possibly commercial horse cinch. The coil, circular shape, straight neck and horsehair handle is indicative of the Jicarilla Apache style. This jug was used to store water in.

Tags: horsehair, woven basket, black, jug, brown, orange, coiled jug basket, wool, willow
People: Jicarilla Apache
Places: New Mexico
Purpose: domestic use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Large coiled jug shaped basket with finger woven tumpline and horsehair lugs
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Jicarilla
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, sumac, horsehair, wool
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.256
Department: 
Anthropology
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