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Large coiled basket tray with red geometric designs / Unknown

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There are eight red spider woman crosses. These were widely traded to the Pueblos, Hispanics, and Navajo. Jicarilla means "little basket people".

Tags: basket tray, coiled, aniline dye
People: Jicarilla Apache
Places: New Mexico
Purpose: domestic use or commercial sale

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

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Title(s): 
Large coiled basket tray with red geometric designs
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Apache, Jicarilla (artist and user)
Date: 
1899
Materials/Techniques: 
willow, yucca
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.69
Previous Number(s): 
7136.69; 41297
Department: 
Anthropology
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