Basket

Museum number:
2-38379
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020038379
Accession number:
Acc.1788
Description:
Coiled, natural color. Broken geometric design in band of brown and black. Round, shallow. Band of red, faded to brown.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Chinle, Apache County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Apache; Chinle
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1963
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
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Ritual basket; traditional wedding pattern. Traces of corn meal show use.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-38379, described as Coiled, natural color. Broken geometric design in band of brown and black. Round, shallow. Band of red, faded to brown.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-38379, described as Coiled, natural color. Broken geometric design in band of brown and black. Round, shallow. Band of red, faded to brown.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-38379, described as Coiled, natural color. Broken geometric design in band of brown and black. Round, shallow. Band of red, faded to brown.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-38379, described as Coiled, natural color. Broken geometric design in band of brown and black. Round, shallow. Band of red, faded to brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-38379, described as Coiled, natural color. Broken geometric design in band of brown and black. Round, shallow. Band of red, faded to brown.

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