Basket

Museum number:
2-59544
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3239
Description:
Twill twining; bowl-shaped, faint pink design on body; 2 rows of 3 strand twining at base angle; warps probably sumac shoots and wefts probably split cat claw. Rim: bent warps bound in herringbone stitch.
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Northwestern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Walapai
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Possibly made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 17 centimeters and height 15.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-59544, described as Twill twining; bowl-shaped, faint pink design on body; 2 rows of 3 strand twining at base angle; warps probably sumac shoots and wefts probably split cat claw. Rim: bent warps bound in herringbone stitch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-59544, described as Twill twining; bowl-shaped, faint pink design on body; 2 rows of 3 strand twining at base angle; warps probably sumac shoots and wefts probably split cat claw. Rim: bent warps bound in herringbone stitch.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59544, described as Twill twining; bowl-shaped, faint pink design on body; 2 rows of 3 strand twining at base angle; warps probably sumac shoots and wefts probably split cat claw. Rim: bent warps bound in herringbone stitch.

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