Coiled, shallow bowl shape, round bottom, decorated with two concentric bands of red paint, yucca leaf sewing (Yucca elata), bundle foundation (single rod present near base).
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Pee-Posh ("Maricopa")
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: Cain, H. Thomas, "Indian Basketry in Arizona," Arizona Highways Vol. LI no. 7, July 1975, p. 44 (attr. based on red paint).