Basketry plaque. Coiled; colors cream, yellow, brown, black; design elements geometric; design repeated three times, pendant from rim. Rim completely sewn. Hanging device damaged and almost broken off on one side. Three obtuse triangles (formed with black bands) pendant from center, each containing 5 successively smaller triangles which themselves contain terraced elements of yellow and brown.
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Second Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1932
Context of use:
Hanging wall decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4.2 centimeters and diameter 39 centimeters
Loans:
S1978-1979 #12: Merritt College (WHOOPS!9, 1978–February 1, 1979)