Round with flat base, slightly flaring sides, vertical geometric design in black, brown and pale green on natural ground. Split yucca, natural and dyed; coiled over grass bundle foundation.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Second Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and diameter 13 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee, "Southwest Indian Craft Arts", University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, p. 36-39. Robinson, Bert, "The Basket Weavers of Arizona", University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1954, p. 153.