Wicker weave. Colors: orange, yellow, green, blue, black, white. Motif: whirlwind with 4 bands (black and white alternating) radiating from an orange center.
Donor:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Bacavi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Bacavi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 12, 1953
Context of use:
Tray for food, sacred meal; household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 33 centimeters
Loans:
S1980-1981 #18: University of California, Santa Cruz (October 15, 1980–November 17, 1980)