Basket

Museum number:
1-87050
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010087050
Accession number:
Acc.1012
Description:
Tray. Coiled; shallow. Human and dog figure. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray. Three rod foundation. The background wefts are peeled shoots the black design wefts are devil's claw pod. The design is four humoid figures in skirts and four dogs/coyotes. The weft fag ends are concealed. The workface is on the interior and the work direction is to the left. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is tapered. This is a Southwest US basket, Arizona or New Mexico.
Donor:
Margaret Mason Whitney
Collection place:
California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwestern Native American
Collector:
Margaret Mason Whitney
Collection date:
1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-87050, described as Tray. Coiled; shallow. Human and dog figure. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray. Three rod foundation. The background wefts are peeled shoots the black design wefts are devil's claw pod. The design is four humoid figures in skirts and four dogs/coyotes. The weft fag ends are concealed. The workface is on the interior and the work direction is to the left. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is tapered. This is a Southwest US basket, Arizona or New Mexico.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-87050, described as Tray. Coiled; shallow. Human and dog figure. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray. Three rod foundation. The background wefts are peeled shoots the black design wefts are devil's claw pod. The design is four humoid figures in skirts and four dogs/coyotes. The weft fag ends are concealed. The workface is on the interior and the work direction is to the left. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is tapered. This is a Southwest US basket, Arizona or New Mexico.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 1-87050, described as Tray. Coiled; shallow. Human and dog figure. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray. Three rod foundation. The background wefts are peeled shoots the black design wefts are devil's claw pod. The design is four humoid figures in skirts and four dogs/coyotes. The weft fag ends are concealed. The workface is on the interior and the work direction is to the left. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is tapered. This is a Southwest US basket, Arizona or New Mexico.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-87050, described as Tray. Coiled; shallow. Human and dog figure. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray. Three rod foundation. The background wefts are peeled shoots the black design wefts are devil's claw pod. The design is four humoid figures in skirts and four dogs/coyotes. The weft fag ends are concealed. The workface is on the interior and the work direction is to the left. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is tapered. This is a Southwest US basket, Arizona or New Mexico.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-87050, described as Tray. Coiled; shallow. Human and dog figure. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket tray. Three rod foundation. The background wefts are peeled shoots the black design wefts are devil's claw pod. The design is four humoid figures in skirts and four dogs/coyotes. The weft fag ends are concealed. The workface is on the interior and the work direction is to the left. The rim is plain wrapped. The coil ending is tapered. This is a Southwest US basket, Arizona or New Mexico.

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