Plaque

Museum number:
2-48553
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2793
Description:
Wickerweave; kachina face (?) in black, yellow, red, white, and tan. Motif: tan center with four groups of black and white alternating bands radiating from the center. 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 32.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1978-1979 #12: Merritt College (WHOOPS!9, 1978–February 1, 1979) and S1985-1986 #31: The Crafts Museum, New Delhi, India (March 8, 1986–August 4, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-48553, described as Wickerweave; kachina face (?) in black, yellow, red, white, and tan. Motif: tan center with four groups of black and white alternating bands radiating from the center. 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 2-48553, described as Wickerweave; kachina face (?) in black, yellow, red, white, and tan. Motif: tan center with four groups of black and white alternating bands radiating from the center. 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 2-48553, described as Wickerweave; kachina face (?) in black, yellow, red, white, and tan. Motif: tan center with four groups of black and white alternating bands radiating from the center. 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 2-48553, described as Wickerweave; kachina face (?) in black, yellow, red, white, and tan. Motif: tan center with four groups of black and white alternating bands radiating from the center. Made of ribs of sumac or willow twigs, rabbit brush weft, yucca leaf wrapped edge.

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