Current Exhibitions

Lifeways of the Southern Athabaskans

December 10, 2017 through June 2, 2019

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.


Neg. No. 037416



Western Apache Tus (water jar)



Jicarilla Apache Women’s Cape



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