Basket

Museum number:
2-15995
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2108 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.755
Description:
Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.
Donor:
Hugh M. Cochran
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Ritual basket, traditionally for weddings.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters and diameter 42 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no.: 39.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-15995, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-15995, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-15995, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-15995, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-15995, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-15995, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red design with triangular designs in black above and below. ("Red" band faded to brown.) "Hupai weave, 10 stitches to the inch.

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