Basket

Museum number:
2-34312
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034312
Accession number:
Acc.1990
Description:
Coiled. Black, brown, and tan geometric designs.
Donor:
Theodore R. Barrett
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Ritual basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 41 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #44: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 16, 1966–November 16, 1966) and S1969-1970 #74: California League of American Indians (January 23, 1970–January 26, 1970)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-34312, described as Coiled. Black, brown, and tan geometric designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-34312, described as Coiled. Black, brown, and tan geometric designs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-34312, described as Coiled. Black, brown, and tan geometric designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-34312, described as Coiled. Black, brown, and tan geometric designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-34312, described as Coiled. Black, brown, and tan geometric designs.

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