Basket

Museum number:
2-46
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000046
Alternate number:
151 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Coiled, shallow. Circular red designs with black triangular designs above and below. Space left between on one side.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
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
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
A ritual basket, wedding design.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
33.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-46, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red designs with black triangular designs above and below. Space left between on one side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-46, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red designs with black triangular designs above and below. Space left between on one side.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-46, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red designs with black triangular designs above and below. Space left between on one side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-46, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red designs with black triangular designs above and below. Space left between on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-46, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red designs with black triangular designs above and below. Space left between on one side.

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