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RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair
RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair

RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine Resin Horsehair

$ 258.71

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Used
  • Modified Item: No
  • Tribal Affiliation: Acoma Pueblo
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Handmade: Yes

    Description

    RARE! Native American Southwest Olla Water Jar Basket Pine resin Horsehair handles
    Not sure if you will find another one for sale. They are very fragile and not many survived.
    This becket was on display in a museum. It still has an inventory tag.
    Please see all 10 high resolution pictures.
    Coiled basket water jug pitched in pine resin with horsehair handles and cotton tumpline / Native American; Southwest
    Materials/Techniques: grass, pine resin, horsehair, cotton
    Description:
    Olla water jar shaped basket. Pointed bottom. Covered with pitch. Horsehair (braided) lugs with part of cotton tumpline.
    Many Indian tribes believe that basket weaving was one of the arts the gods taught to women at the beginning of time; this is understandable because basketry is one of the oldest human arts. The tribes in the Southwest used several different basketry techniques, including wicker, plaiting, and coiling, which was the most widely used. In the pueblo tribes, pottery reduced the need for baskets, though they are still used in ceremonies and rituals; however, the Pima, Papago, and western Apache relied on basketry for storage and transportation (Furst and Furst 1982, 32).
    Some of the finest basket weaving came from California Indians, who wove fine, intricate details into their baskets. The women typically coiled or twined the baskets and used materials such as shoots of redbud and willow trees, bear grass, and maidenhair fern stems. Each community, however, had a different technique, design, and shape, and California had one of the most diverse regions (Bibby 1996).