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Large rounded bottle necked coiled basket / Unknown

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Essay/Description

Jicarilla Apache polychrome bottleneck basketry jar made from sumac or willow on a rod foundation. The aniline dyed design has faded.

Curatorial Remarks

Bottle necked, water olla (jar) basket with faded dye design. This basket is made of willow and sumac (not yucca).

Tags: coiled, water, olla, jar, bottle, necked, round, brown, dye
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 rounded bottle necked coiled basket
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Jicarilla (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Credit Line: 
Gift of Wynetka Ann Reynolds and Thomas Kirschbaum, M.D.
Accession No: 
71.804
Previous Number(s): 
TL2014.13.2
Department: 
Anthropology
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