Plaque

Museum number:
2-18607
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
65 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Third Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Tray for food and sacred meal; household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.625 inches
Loans:
S1973-1974 #42: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 3, 1973–February 21, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18607, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18607, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18607, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18607, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18607, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18607, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements starter. Central gold circle, framed by purple line, with yellow-green-yellow line in middle of framing line, outside circle, pattern of massed interlocking diamond elements, each blocked with white, bordered by purple lines, with green and red fillers between diamonds. Motif: whirlwind yellow center.

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