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Willow basket jar with banded design woven with tree yucca and devil's claw / Unknown

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This basket is actually documented from Fort Sill Apache. This style of basket would have been pitched in pine resin and filled with water to carry back to camp. People that lived long distances from sources of water would use this type of pitched water basket. The idea may have come from the Great Basin and the Paiute tribe.

Tags: basket, yucca, devil's claw
People: Chiracahua Apache, Fort Sill
Places: Southwest, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use

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

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Title(s): 
Willow basket jar with banded design woven with tree yucca and devil's claw
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Chiricahua (artist and user)
Date: 
early 20th century
Place: 
Fort Sill
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca, devil's claw
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.267
Department: 
Anthropology
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