Exhibit | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs

Lifeways of the Southern Athabaskans

Note: New closing date of June 2, 2019

On display through Jun 02, 2019 at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture will exhibit over 100 objects dating from the late 1880s to the present. Cultural objects will represent the lifeways of the different Apachean groups in New Mexico and Arizona. These cultural objects include basketry, beaded clothing, hunting and horse gear.

These groups are: Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, Fort Sill Apache (Chiricahua), San Carlos Apache and White Mountain Apache.

Also on exhibit at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture


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