San Carlos Apache Water Jar

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

San Carlos Apache Water Jar

Description

Large "tus" or pitch coated basketry water jar made by noted weaver Evalena Henry, San Carlos Apache.

Made/Created

Artist

Evalena Henry

Date made

2001

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Apache - Western

Native American

Dimensions

Height

14-3/4 in

Diameter

10 in

Dimension Notes

Diameter at the widest is approx. 10"; diameter at the rim is 7 3/4"

Material

Squawberry, Pine Pitch, Charcoal

Twined Basket Details

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Squawberry

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Squawberry

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)

Twined Construction Notes

Due to the heavy coating of pitch, the basket details are difficult to discern.

Other Decoration Materials and Types

Decoration Material

Pine Pitch

Decoration Type

Applied

Decoration Material

Charcoal

Decoration Type

Applied

Decoration Notes

There are triangle designs around the upper portions of the basket made with charcoal (per the weaver) but they are difficult to discern.