Plaque

Museum number:
2-18610
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018610
Alternate number:
64 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elements
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:
length 14 inches and width 14 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18610, described as Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elementsHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18610, described as Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elementsHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18610, described as Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elements
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18610, described as Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elementsDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18610, described as Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elementsDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18610, described as Basketry, wickerweave; square with rounded corners. Central thunderbird design, yellowish claws, black on light background. Framed by black, yellow, and black framing lines, green outer coil. Terraced element on breast of bird. 9 crossed starting elements

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