Basket

Museum number:
3-23406
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-17214 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.811
Description:
Basket, coiled; "Easter basket" type, oval with loop handle, painted designs in red, yellow, green, and purple; eight armed radiating pattern in center, red rim. Length 32.5 cm, width 30 cm, height 28 cm.
Donor:
Sarah Levy and Sophia Hazel Levy McDonald
Collection place:
Sonora, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mayo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Plant material
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-23406, described as Basket, coiled; "Easter basket" type, oval with loop handle, painted designs in red, yellow, green, and purple; eight armed radiating pattern in center, red rim. Length 32.5 cm, width 30 cm, height 28 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 3-23406, described as Basket, coiled; "Easter basket" type, oval with loop handle, painted designs in red, yellow, green, and purple; eight armed radiating pattern in center, red rim. Length 32.5 cm, width 30 cm, height 28 cm.

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