Plaque

Museum number:
2-9485
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.387
Description:
Basketry. Coiled; cream ground with yellow and black added in design. Design elements geometric repeated in radiating (double whorls) pattern. Convex center sloping to concave then rising to rim. Rim not finished, bundle left exposed final 2.7 cm. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca strips; black dye.
Donor:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Mishongnovi, Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Mishongnovi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Alexander Stephen, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Keam Collection, and Thomas Keam
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Wall decoration; meal tray.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 18 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9485, described as Basketry. Coiled; cream ground with yellow and black added in design. Design elements geometric repeated in radiating (double whorls) pattern. Convex center sloping to concave then rising to rim. Rim not finished, bundle left exposed final 2.7 cm. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca strips; black dye.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9485, described as Basketry. Coiled; cream ground with yellow and black added in design. Design elements geometric repeated in radiating (double whorls) pattern. Convex center sloping to concave then rising to rim. Rim not finished, bundle left exposed final 2.7 cm. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca strips; black dye.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9485, described as Basketry. Coiled; cream ground with yellow and black added in design. Design elements geometric repeated in radiating (double whorls) pattern. Convex center sloping to concave then rising to rim. Rim not finished, bundle left exposed final 2.7 cm. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca strips; black dye.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9485, described as Basketry. Coiled; cream ground with yellow and black added in design. Design elements geometric repeated in radiating (double whorls) pattern. Convex center sloping to concave then rising to rim. Rim not finished, bundle left exposed final 2.7 cm. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca strips; black dye.

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