Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Walter C. Wyman (1850-1927, a Chicago area dealer and collector); purchased by George Heye from Walter Wyman in 1915.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Western Apache (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Walter C. Wyman (Walter Channing Wyman), Non-Indian, 1850-1927
- Seller
- Walter C. Wyman (Walter Channing Wyman), Non-Indian, 1850-1927
- Date created
- 1890-1920
- Object Name
- Basket jar/water vessel
- Media/Materials
- Willow, devil's claw/martynia, pinon pitch, hide
- Techniques
- Coiled, pitch-coated, stitched
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
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