Basket or water jar
Artist:
Jicarilla Apache (NM)
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Plant materials, pine pitch, buckskin twine, textile, horsehair
Classification: Containers
Object number: 2003.4.333 LA
DescriptionCoil construction, with six ascending lines of double coiled stitches. Waterproofed on inside with pine pitch. Two loop handles of white horsehair, twine and buckskin. On the opposite side, two soft leather strips are sewn into a coil, creating fringe of four strands. Strip of woven textile tied to the handles. Bottom reinforced with circle of leather atached with pitch. Shape: flattened globular body with narrow neck, flared rim.
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