Basket

Museum number:
2-18396
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018396
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Round, flat base, flaring sides, small piece of white cotton cloth enclosed in start, faded circular and stepped design. Coiled, herringbone rim, cotton cloth.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Wedding basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 31 centimeters and height 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18396, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, small piece of white cotton cloth enclosed in start, faded circular and stepped design. Coiled, herringbone rim, cotton cloth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18396, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, small piece of white cotton cloth enclosed in start, faded circular and stepped design. Coiled, herringbone rim, cotton cloth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18396, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, small piece of white cotton cloth enclosed in start, faded circular and stepped design. Coiled, herringbone rim, cotton cloth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18396, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, small piece of white cotton cloth enclosed in start, faded circular and stepped design. Coiled, herringbone rim, cotton cloth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18396, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, small piece of white cotton cloth enclosed in start, faded circular and stepped design. Coiled, herringbone rim, cotton cloth.

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