Basket

Museum number:
2-59205
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020059205
Alternate number:
20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2802
Description:
Coiled, unfinished jar shape without the flared neck. Design: black 2 horizontal bands of diamonds, human figures, dogs and crosses. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, split peeled shoot sewing strands, design in split devil's-claw pods.
Donor:
Mrs. George H. Crooks
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona. Collected in Ahwahnee.
Culture or time period:
Apache
Collector:
Mrs. W. M. Sell and Mr. W. M. Sell
Collection date:
ca. 1903-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 38 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-59205, described as Coiled, unfinished jar shape without the flared neck. Design: black 2 horizontal bands of diamonds, human figures, dogs and crosses. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, split peeled shoot sewing strands, design in split devil's-claw pods.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-59205, described as Coiled, unfinished jar shape without the flared neck. Design: black 2 horizontal bands of diamonds, human figures, dogs and crosses. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, split peeled shoot sewing strands, design in split devil's-claw pods.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59205, described as Coiled, unfinished jar shape without the flared neck. Design: black 2 horizontal bands of diamonds, human figures, dogs and crosses. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, split peeled shoot sewing strands, design in split devil's-claw pods.

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