Basket

Museum number:
2-10799
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.562
Description:
Coiled, shallow. Circular red (faded) design with black triangular designs above and below. Opening "path" left in pattern. Herringbone weave on rim.
Donor:
Estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
September 1920
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:
1920
Context of use:
Ritual basket, wedding design.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 33.5 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-10799, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red (faded) design with black triangular designs above and below. Opening "path" left in pattern. Herringbone weave on rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-10799, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red (faded) design with black triangular designs above and below. Opening "path" left in pattern. Herringbone weave on rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-10799, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red (faded) design with black triangular designs above and below. Opening "path" left in pattern. Herringbone weave on rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10799, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red (faded) design with black triangular designs above and below. Opening "path" left in pattern. Herringbone weave on rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-10799, described as Coiled, shallow. Circular red (faded) design with black triangular designs above and below. Opening "path" left in pattern. Herringbone weave on rim.

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