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Coiled water jug with horsehair lugs pitched in pine resin / Unidentified

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Essay/Description

A water jar basket made of split yucca coiled over rods, covered with pine or pinon pitch. It also has two braided horse hair tumpline handles.

Curatorial Remarks

The coils in this basket are very evident. The basket was most likely made from sumac rather than willow or yucca.

Tags: pine, pitch, water jug, basket, coiled, horsehair, handles
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): 
Coiled water jug with horsehair lugs pitched in pine resin
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Apache or Navajo (Diné)
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca, horsehair, resin
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.472
Previous Number(s): 
7136.472
Department: 
Anthropology
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