Per Ralph Shanks: Basket from Pima or Papago in the southern Arizona area. It is a coiled basket, oval shaped with one handle. The open side has one diagonal coil running through it. It has a cattail foundation with willow background with a leftward warp direction. Designs are in devils claw of black rectangles. The rim is black done in diagonal overstitching. The starting knot is oval. The basket has a weaver's hair in it. This basket was probably made for sale prior to the 1950’s due to the use of aboriginal materials. 1-14639 and 2-14639 are written on two different paper tags as well as an original number 57.
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Culture or time period:
Southwestern Native American
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Placeholder record (no associated object)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 19 centimeters, height 7 centimeters, and width 16.5 centimeters