Plaque

Museum number:
2-18608
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
62 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Third Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Capital Life Insurance Company list
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
14.375 inches
Loans:
S1980-1981 #18: University of California, Santa Cruz (October 15, 1980–November 17, 1980), S1986-1987 #24: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (March 2, 1987–May 5, 1987), and S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18608, described as Wicker weave. 4 crossed elements in starter. Central circle with 2 opposite V-shaped spiral arms (whirlwind design), spirals solid black, rest plain. Framing lines green-red-green-red, etc. banded by black line; pendant to spiral arms. 3 rows within black rim badly faded from green and, possibly, orange.

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