Basket

Museum number:
2-64937
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020064937
Accession number:
Acc.3553
Description:
Basin shaped, star design in faded colors. Coiled sumac.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
unknown
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
Context of use:
Wedding tray.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 41 centimeters
Comment:
Two prices marked on back, $3.00 in black pen, $5.00 in red marking pen.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-64937, described as Basin shaped, star design in faded colors. Coiled sumac.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-64937, described as Basin shaped, star design in faded colors. Coiled sumac.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-64937, described as Basin shaped, star design in faded colors. Coiled sumac.

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