Basket and lid

Museum number:
2-56556a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210256556a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3011
Description:
(a) Basket, oval coiled, with (b) lid. Foundation of split cattail leaf; light color is yucca leaf, dark color is split devil's-claw pod; design of repeated "Greek key" with horses inside motif.
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:
Tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 39.8 centimeters and height 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-56556a,b, described as (a) Basket, oval coiled, with (b) lid. Foundation of split cattail leaf; light color is yucca leaf, dark color is split devil's-claw pod; design of repeated "Greek key" with horses inside motif.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-56556a,b, described as (a) Basket, oval coiled, with (b) lid. Foundation of split cattail leaf; light color is yucca leaf, dark color is split devil's-claw pod; design of repeated "Greek key" with horses inside motif.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-56556a,b, described as (a) Basket, oval coiled, with (b) lid. Foundation of split cattail leaf; light color is yucca leaf, dark color is split devil's-claw pod; design of repeated "Greek key" with horses inside motif.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-56556a,b, described as (a) Basket, oval coiled, with (b) lid. Foundation of split cattail leaf; light color is yucca leaf, dark color is split devil's-claw pod; design of repeated "Greek key" with horses inside motif.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-56556a,b, described as (a) Basket, oval coiled, with (b) lid. Foundation of split cattail leaf; light color is yucca leaf, dark color is split devil's-claw pod; design of repeated "Greek key" with horses inside motif.

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