Ceremonial basket and food tray; 2 rod foundation and yucca filler. Three red "Spider Woman" crosses outlined in black.
Donor:
Willard W. Hill
Collection place:
Lukachukai, Apache County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Apache; Lukachukai
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Willard W. Hill
Collection date:
1935
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Ceremonial.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6 centimeters and diameter 30.8 centimeters
Comment:
Most old" (19th cent.) "baskets are decorated with traditional motifs such as square crosses called rain crosses or Spider Woman crosses." References: Whiteford, Andrew Hunter, Southwestern Indian Baskets, School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, N.M. 1988. p. 35, figure 26.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965)