Basket

Museum number:
2-48290
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4219
Description:
Round with flat base, linear design in light brown on natural ground; "Papago" printed in ink on bottom. Yucca weft with bear grass warp; coiled.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake and Frank Otis Blake
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
March 11, 1987
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 centimeters and height 9.2 centimeters
Comment:
References: Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Craft Arts, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1968, pp. 30-36.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48290, described as Round with flat base, linear design in light brown on natural ground; "Papago" printed in ink on bottom. Yucca weft with bear grass warp; coiled.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-48290, described as Round with flat base, linear design in light brown on natural ground; "Papago" printed in ink on bottom. Yucca weft with bear grass warp; coiled.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48290, described as Round with flat base, linear design in light brown on natural ground; "Papago" printed in ink on bottom. Yucca weft with bear grass warp; coiled.

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