Plaque

Museum number:
2-17050
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.805
Description:
Basketry. Coiled; loophandle damaged. Hole in center of basket; 2 coils near hole are flattened, possibly by pounding. Design: was Kachina figure, full length diamond element on each side of black body; light brown block feet. 3 terraces nested in inverted triangle around top edge.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Sipaulovi, Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Sipaulovi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1942
Context of use:
Mortar basket?
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 39 centimeters and height 3 centimeters
Comment:
References: "old".
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-17050, described as Basketry. Coiled; loophandle damaged. Hole in center of basket; 2 coils near hole are flattened, possibly by pounding. Design: was Kachina figure, full length diamond element on each side of black body; light brown block feet. 3 terraces nested in inverted triangle around top edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-17050, described as Basketry. Coiled; loophandle damaged. Hole in center of basket; 2 coils near hole are flattened, possibly by pounding. Design: was Kachina figure, full length diamond element on each side of black body; light brown block feet. 3 terraces nested in inverted triangle around top edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-17050, described as Basketry. Coiled; loophandle damaged. Hole in center of basket; 2 coils near hole are flattened, possibly by pounding. Design: was Kachina figure, full length diamond element on each side of black body; light brown block feet. 3 terraces nested in inverted triangle around top edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-17050, described as Basketry. Coiled; loophandle damaged. Hole in center of basket; 2 coils near hole are flattened, possibly by pounding. Design: was Kachina figure, full length diamond element on each side of black body; light brown block feet. 3 terraces nested in inverted triangle around top edge.

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