Basketry. Coiled; cream, yellow, and black; design elements geometric; pattern of alternating whorls of cream and yellow, separated by black, radiating from center. Rim coil finished/tapered into preceding coil. Hanging device sewing broken on one side. Coiled grass bundle foundation sewn with split yucca strips; dye.
Donor:
Frederick J. Moller
Collection place:
Second Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Second Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Annie Moller
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1932
Context of use:
Wall hanging decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters and height 3.8 centimeters