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Jicarilla Apache Basket

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Jicarilla Apache Basket
SOLD
250.00USD+ (57.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Oct 02 @ 13:07UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Tri-colored basket (somewhat faded) is designed with handle holes for carrying heavy things, not a typical burden basket. 19.75" diam x 6.75" deep. Coiled on a 3-rod foundation of sumac, willow and devil's claw. Very good condition. Jicarilla, comes from Mexican Spanish meaning "little basket". The Jicarilla Apache lived in a semi-nomadic existence in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and plains of southern Colorado, northern New Mexico and ranged into the Great Plains starting before 1525 CE. They lived a relatively peaceful life for years, traveling seasonally to traditional hunting, gathering and cultivation along river beds. The Jicarilla learned about farming and pottery from the Puebloan peoples and learned about survival on the plains from the Plains Indians and had a rich and varied diet and lifestyle. Starting in the 1700s Colonial New Spain, pressure from other Native American tribes, like the Comanches, and later westward expansion of the United States resulted in significant loss of property, removal from their sacred lands, and relocation to lands not suited for survival. By 1887 they received their reservation, which was expanded in 1907 to include land more conducive to ranching and agriculture, and within several decades realized the rich natural resources of the San Juan Basin under the reservation land. City: State: New Mexico Date: c. 1900's HWAC# 32001