Basketry, coiled. Shades of brown and yellow. Star design: 6 arms radiate out to rim coil. Around rim 2 stacked trapezoids with alternating light brown - yellow - light brown. Rim coil is brown, alternating light/dark dyes. Coiled loop handle.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters and height 1.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #55: University of California, Santa Cruz (February 4, 1975–March 19, 1975), S1980-1981 #18: University of California, Santa Cruz (October 15, 1980–November 17, 1980), and S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)