Coiled. Traditional design in star pattern; two bands of red (faded), edges of bands in black, notched or indented to form petaled stars at the center of the basket.
Donor:
Guy J. Giffen and Helen Smith Giffen
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Guy J. Giffen
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