Basket

Museum number:
2-68508
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
123 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Round with rounded base and flaring sides, all over geometric design in dark brown on cream-colored ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters and diameter 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Craft Arts, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, pp. 30-36.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-68508, described as Round with rounded base and flaring sides, all over geometric design in dark brown on cream-colored ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-68508, described as Round with rounded base and flaring sides, all over geometric design in dark brown on cream-colored ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-68508, described as Round with rounded base and flaring sides, all over geometric design in dark brown on cream-colored ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68508, described as Round with rounded base and flaring sides, all over geometric design in dark brown on cream-colored ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled.

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