Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-68510a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210268510a@2cb
Alternate number:
125 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4195
Description:
Round with flat base, sides taper to shoulder and draw inward; flat lid with braided fiber handle on top, diagonal design of squares in dark brown on cream ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled. (a) Basket. (b) Lid.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 19, 1986
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— diameter 18 centimeters, (b)— diameter 11.5 centimeters, and (a)— height 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Craft Arts, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, pp. 30-36.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-68510a,b, described as Round with flat base, sides taper to shoulder and draw inward; flat lid with braided fiber handle on top, diagonal design of squares in dark brown on cream ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled. (a) Basket. (b) Lid.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-68510a,b, described as Round with flat base, sides taper to shoulder and draw inward; flat lid with braided fiber handle on top, diagonal design of squares in dark brown on cream ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled. (a) Basket. (b) Lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-68510a,b, described as Round with flat base, sides taper to shoulder and draw inward; flat lid with braided fiber handle on top, diagonal design of squares in dark brown on cream ground. Bear grass warp, yucca and devil's claw weft, coiled. (a) Basket. (b) Lid.

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