Coiled. Basin shaped flat bottomed with blue beads on rim (19 missing). Design: opposed triangles on rim and cross elements on bottom. Bundle foundation of split cattails; sewing strands of split willow (buff color) and devil's claw pods (dark).
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Akimel O'odham ("Pima")
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Possibly made for sale (the blue beads) or as a novelty item.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 50 centimeters