Basket

Museum number:
2-9340
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009340
Accession number:
Acc.339
Description:
Round, flat base, flaring sides, geometric design in red outlined in black on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.
Donor:
Benham Indian Trading Company; Albuquerque, NM
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Benham Indian Trading Company; Albuquerque, NM
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:
1908
Context of use:
sacred meal basket, RKE, 1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 33.6 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-9340, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, geometric design in red outlined in black on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-9340, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, geometric design in red outlined in black on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-9340, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, geometric design in red outlined in black on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-9340, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, geometric design in red outlined in black on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-9340, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, geometric design in red outlined in black on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.

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