Basket

Museum number:
2-59543
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3239
Description:
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:
diameter 50 centimeters and height 6.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-59543, described as 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).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-59543, described as 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).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-59543, described as 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).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59543, described as 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).

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