Basket

Museum number:
2-18395
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018395
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, shallow, circular red design (faded colors) with black triangular designs above and below. Open space in pattern.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
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:
Ritual basket, wedding design.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 35 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18395, described as Coiled, shallow, circular red design (faded colors) with black triangular designs above and below. Open space in pattern.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18395, described as Coiled, shallow, circular red design (faded colors) with black triangular designs above and below. Open space in pattern.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18395, described as Coiled, shallow, circular red design (faded colors) with black triangular designs above and below. Open space in pattern.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18395, described as Coiled, shallow, circular red design (faded colors) with black triangular designs above and below. Open space in pattern.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18395, described as Coiled, shallow, circular red design (faded colors) with black triangular designs above and below. Open space in pattern.

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