Plaque

Museum number:
2-9484
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009484
Accession number:
Acc.387
Description:
Basketry. Colors: yellow, cream, black. Symmetric terraced element with 2 symmetric steeped elements in between; convex center sloping to concave, then rising to rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca fibres; dyes.
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 hanging decoration; meal tray.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 2.7 centimeters and diameter 18.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9484, described as Basketry. Colors: yellow, cream, black. Symmetric terraced element with 2 symmetric steeped elements in between; convex center sloping to concave, then rising to rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca fibres; dyes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9484, described as Basketry. Colors: yellow, cream, black. Symmetric terraced element with 2 symmetric steeped elements in between; convex center sloping to concave, then rising to rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca fibres; dyes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9484, described as Basketry. Colors: yellow, cream, black. Symmetric terraced element with 2 symmetric steeped elements in between; convex center sloping to concave, then rising to rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca fibres; dyes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9484, described as Basketry. Colors: yellow, cream, black. Symmetric terraced element with 2 symmetric steeped elements in between; convex center sloping to concave, then rising to rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca fibres; dyes.

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