Basket

Museum number:
2-18390
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018390
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.
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 38.9 centimeters and height 9.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18390, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18390, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18390, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18390, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18390, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Coiled, herringbone rim.

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