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Jar shaped basket with wooden lugs / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This is a small water canteen basket. The basket is pitched in pine pitch to make it water proof. The red coloring, largely seen on the bottom is from the pitch. This basket is rare and important because it is Chiricahua Apache. The wooden handles are typical of the Western Apache and canteen.

Tags: wooden lugswater canteenbasketpine pitchwater proofredwillow
People: Chiricahua Apache
Places: Arizona, 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): 
Jar shaped basket with wooden lugs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Western (artist and user)
Date: 
late 19th century - early 20th century
Place: 
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Materials/Techniques: 
willow
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.270
Previous Number(s): 
7136.270
Department: 
Anthropology
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