Plaque

Museum number:
1-259116
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010259116
Accession number:
Acc.4585
Description:
Wall plaque, ceramic, stoneware; round, with "pocket" extending 3/4 way from bottom; tan triangular geometric design incised into brown background; background impressioned with burlap (?); leather thong attached to rim of "pocket"; "salmon tail" design.
Donor:
Margaret Mathewson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Maker or artist:
George Blake Jr.
Collector:
Margaret Mathewson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stoneware (pottery)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:
July 1991
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.1 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "modern" "cf design in AAE Vol. 32, pl 48a
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 1-259116, described as Wall plaque, ceramic, stoneware; round, with "pocket" extending 3/4 way from bottom; tan triangular geometric design incised into brown background; background impressioned with burlap (?); leather thong attached to rim of "pocket"; "salmon tail" design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 1-259116, described as Wall plaque, ceramic, stoneware; round, with "pocket" extending 3/4 way from bottom; tan triangular geometric design incised into brown background; background impressioned with burlap (?); leather thong attached to rim of "pocket"; "salmon tail" design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 1-259116, described as Wall plaque, ceramic, stoneware; round, with "pocket" extending 3/4 way from bottom; tan triangular geometric design incised into brown background; background impressioned with burlap (?); leather thong attached to rim of "pocket"; "salmon tail" design.

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