Plaque

Museum number:
2-48552
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2793
Description:
Wickerweave; radiating black and yellow lines from black center; alternating green and yellow areas inside perimeter. Made of ribs of sumac or willow twigs, rabbit brush weft, yucca leaf wrapped edge.
Donor:
Quail Hawkins
Collection place:
Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Third Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Harvey Ferguson
Collection date:
1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Tray for food and sacred meal; also household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-48552, described as Wickerweave; radiating black and yellow lines from black center; alternating green and yellow areas inside perimeter. Made of ribs of sumac or willow twigs, rabbit brush weft, yucca leaf wrapped edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-48552, described as Wickerweave; radiating black and yellow lines from black center; alternating green and yellow areas inside perimeter. Made of ribs of sumac or willow twigs, rabbit brush weft, yucca leaf wrapped edge.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-48552, described as Wickerweave; radiating black and yellow lines from black center; alternating green and yellow areas inside perimeter. Made of ribs of sumac or willow twigs, rabbit brush weft, yucca leaf wrapped edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-48552, described as Wickerweave; radiating black and yellow lines from black center; alternating green and yellow areas inside perimeter. Made of ribs of sumac or willow twigs, rabbit brush weft, yucca leaf wrapped edge.

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