Plaque

Museum number:
2-9481
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3577 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.387
Description:
Basketry. Colors: cream with black and yellow added in design. Design elements are geometric: 2 symmetrically situated diamonds topped with terraced element pendant to rim; between diamonds on either side are symmetrical pair of terraced elements facing each other while their bases face diamonds. Rim not finished last 4 cm. Coils narrower at margin than at center. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle sewn with split yucca strips; dye.
Donor:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Mishongnovi, Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Mishongnovi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Alexander Stephen, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Keam Collection, and Thomas Keam
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Wall hanging; meal tray.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 27 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9481, described as Basketry. Colors: cream with black and yellow added in design. Design elements are geometric: 2 symmetrically situated diamonds topped with terraced element pendant to rim; between diamonds on either side are symmetrical pair of terraced elements facing each other while their bases face diamonds. Rim not finished last 4 cm. Coils narrower at margin than at center. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle sewn with split yucca strips; dye.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9481, described as Basketry. Colors: cream with black and yellow added in design. Design elements are geometric: 2 symmetrically situated diamonds topped with terraced element pendant to rim; between diamonds on either side are symmetrical pair of terraced elements facing each other while their bases face diamonds. Rim not finished last 4 cm. Coils narrower at margin than at center. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle sewn with split yucca strips; dye.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9481, described as Basketry. Colors: cream with black and yellow added in design. Design elements are geometric: 2 symmetrically situated diamonds topped with terraced element pendant to rim; between diamonds on either side are symmetrical pair of terraced elements facing each other while their bases face diamonds. Rim not finished last 4 cm. Coils narrower at margin than at center. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle sewn with split yucca strips; dye.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9481, described as Basketry. Colors: cream with black and yellow added in design. Design elements are geometric: 2 symmetrically situated diamonds topped with terraced element pendant to rim; between diamonds on either side are symmetrical pair of terraced elements facing each other while their bases face diamonds. Rim not finished last 4 cm. Coils narrower at margin than at center. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle sewn with split yucca strips; dye.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9481, described as Basketry. Colors: cream with black and yellow added in design. Design elements are geometric: 2 symmetrically situated diamonds topped with terraced element pendant to rim; between diamonds on either side are symmetrical pair of terraced elements facing each other while their bases face diamonds. Rim not finished last 4 cm. Coils narrower at margin than at center. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle sewn with split yucca strips; dye.

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