Basket

Museum number:
2-18392
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018392
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. Paper tag (torn) on which is written in pencil "Glacier Point July 1921." 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:
July 1921
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
Production date:
July 1921
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Wedding basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 9.5 centimeters and diameter 35.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #23: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (October 30, 1964–January 14, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18392, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Paper tag (torn) on which is written in pencil "Glacier Point July 1921." Coiled, herringbone rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18392, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Paper tag (torn) on which is written in pencil "Glacier Point July 1921." Coiled, herringbone rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-18392, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Paper tag (torn) on which is written in pencil "Glacier Point July 1921." Coiled, herringbone rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18392, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Paper tag (torn) on which is written in pencil "Glacier Point July 1921." Coiled, herringbone rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-18392, described as Round, flat base, flaring sides, design of a red band with two bands of stepped design in black, on natural ground. Paper tag (torn) on which is written in pencil "Glacier Point July 1921." Coiled, herringbone rim.

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