Plaque

Museum number:
2-9471
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3578 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.387
Description:
Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.
Donor:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Alexander Stephen, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Keam Collection, and Thomas Keam
Collection date:
1894
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Tray for food, sacred meal, or for household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9471, described as Wickerweave. Colors: black, orange, yellow on white ground. Motif: 3 birds with outstretched wings, circle in center.

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