Basket

Museum number:
2-56560
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3011
Description:
Coiled bowl-shaped with flared rim; foundation of split cattail leaf; wefts of yucca leaf (light) and split devil's-claw pod (dark); broad 4-step design in dark color.
Donor:
Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Mother of Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Collection date:
1914
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 10.8 centimeters and width 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-56560, described as Coiled bowl-shaped with flared rim; foundation of split cattail leaf; wefts of yucca leaf (light) and split devil's-claw pod (dark); broad 4-step design in dark color.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-56560, described as Coiled bowl-shaped with flared rim; foundation of split cattail leaf; wefts of yucca leaf (light) and split devil's-claw pod (dark); broad 4-step design in dark color.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-56560, described as Coiled bowl-shaped with flared rim; foundation of split cattail leaf; wefts of yucca leaf (light) and split devil's-claw pod (dark); broad 4-step design in dark color.

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