Plaque

Museum number:
2-18631
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018631
Alternate number:
34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Tray for food and sacred meal; household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 33 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #18: University of California, Santa Cruz (October 15, 1980–November 17, 1980) and S2008-2009 #9a: SFO Museum (February 11, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18631, described as Wicker weave. 5 crossed element starter. Thunderbird design, central, from circle, black, red and black beak. White and black checkerboard terrace on breast, white eye. Black, orange and green framing line around edge of basket.

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