Plaque

Museum number:
2-9486
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009486
Accession number:
Acc.387
Description:
Basketry. Coiled; yellow, red, black, green. Design symmetrical whorls, opposing pairs in same color, pendant from rim; two red outlined with black, 2 green outlined with black. Narrow coils, rim coil not wrapped to end of foundation. Convex in center sloping upward towards rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundations sewn with split yucca fibres. Dyes.
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 decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9486, described as Basketry. Coiled; yellow, red, black, green. Design symmetrical whorls, opposing pairs in same color, pendant from rim; two red outlined with black, 2 green outlined with black. Narrow coils, rim coil not wrapped to end of foundation. Convex in center sloping upward towards rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundations sewn with split yucca fibres. Dyes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-9486, described as Basketry. Coiled; yellow, red, black, green. Design symmetrical whorls, opposing pairs in same color, pendant from rim; two red outlined with black, 2 green outlined with black. Narrow coils, rim coil not wrapped to end of foundation. Convex in center sloping upward towards rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundations sewn with split yucca fibres. Dyes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9486, described as Basketry. Coiled; yellow, red, black, green. Design symmetrical whorls, opposing pairs in same color, pendant from rim; two red outlined with black, 2 green outlined with black. Narrow coils, rim coil not wrapped to end of foundation. Convex in center sloping upward towards rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundations sewn with split yucca fibres. Dyes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9486, described as Basketry. Coiled; yellow, red, black, green. Design symmetrical whorls, opposing pairs in same color, pendant from rim; two red outlined with black, 2 green outlined with black. Narrow coils, rim coil not wrapped to end of foundation. Convex in center sloping upward towards rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundations sewn with split yucca fibres. Dyes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-9486, described as Basketry. Coiled; yellow, red, black, green. Design symmetrical whorls, opposing pairs in same color, pendant from rim; two red outlined with black, 2 green outlined with black. Narrow coils, rim coil not wrapped to end of foundation. Convex in center sloping upward towards rim. No hanging device. Coiled grass bundle foundations sewn with split yucca fibres. Dyes.

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