Basket bottle

Museum number:
2-71420
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071420
Accession number:
Acc.4568
Description:
Basketry, miniature pitched basket bottle with handle. Globular with extended neck. Coiled construction of split sumac coated inside and out with pinon pitch. Material of handle unknown (traditionally was braided horsehair). Attached label "A/ Betty Bedonia $24".
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Coconino; Flagstaff
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Betty Bedonia
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer, Jan Musial, and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Bottles, Coiled weaving, and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 3.53 centimeters, diameter 2 centimeters, height 3.3 centimeters, and diameter 2.3 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at a cost of $16." References: Kluckholm, Hill and Kluckholm, Traditional Navajo Material Culture, pp. 107-09.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket bottle, accession number 2-71420, described as Basketry, miniature pitched basket bottle with handle. Globular with extended neck. Coiled construction of split sumac coated inside and out with pinon pitch. Material of handle unknown (traditionally was braided horsehair). Attached label "A/ Betty Bedonia $24".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket bottle, accession number 2-71420, described as Basketry, miniature pitched basket bottle with handle. Globular with extended neck. Coiled construction of split sumac coated inside and out with pinon pitch. Material of handle unknown (traditionally was braided horsehair). Attached label "A/ Betty Bedonia $24".

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