Plaque

Museum number:
2-18599
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018599
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Basketry, coiled. Red, yellow, white and black. Kachina face on basket. 2 red half-terraces on each side of face; 3 full-terraces (yellow, red, yellow) on top. White and black checkerboard corn on cob (?) on forehead. Black rectangle eye, red triangles under eyes, mouth black with colored triangles radiating to chin. Checkerboard body, coiled loop handle on top is broken.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
July 1932
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
28.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #81: Mt. Diablo Unified School District (April 15, 1975–June 11, 1976) and S1983-1984 #54: SFO Museum (May 22, 1984–November 12, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18599, described as Basketry, coiled. Red, yellow, white and black. Kachina face on basket. 2 red half-terraces on each side of face; 3 full-terraces (yellow, red, yellow) on top. White and black checkerboard corn on cob (?) on forehead. Black rectangle eye, red triangles under eyes, mouth black with colored triangles radiating to chin. Checkerboard body, coiled loop handle on top is broken.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18599, described as Basketry, coiled. Red, yellow, white and black. Kachina face on basket. 2 red half-terraces on each side of face; 3 full-terraces (yellow, red, yellow) on top. White and black checkerboard corn on cob (?) on forehead. Black rectangle eye, red triangles under eyes, mouth black with colored triangles radiating to chin. Checkerboard body, coiled loop handle on top is broken.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18599, described as Basketry, coiled. Red, yellow, white and black. Kachina face on basket. 2 red half-terraces on each side of face; 3 full-terraces (yellow, red, yellow) on top. White and black checkerboard corn on cob (?) on forehead. Black rectangle eye, red triangles under eyes, mouth black with colored triangles radiating to chin. Checkerboard body, coiled loop handle on top is broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18599, described as Basketry, coiled. Red, yellow, white and black. Kachina face on basket. 2 red half-terraces on each side of face; 3 full-terraces (yellow, red, yellow) on top. White and black checkerboard corn on cob (?) on forehead. Black rectangle eye, red triangles under eyes, mouth black with colored triangles radiating to chin. Checkerboard body, coiled loop handle on top is broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18599, described as Basketry, coiled. Red, yellow, white and black. Kachina face on basket. 2 red half-terraces on each side of face; 3 full-terraces (yellow, red, yellow) on top. White and black checkerboard corn on cob (?) on forehead. Black rectangle eye, red triangles under eyes, mouth black with colored triangles radiating to chin. Checkerboard body, coiled loop handle on top is broken.

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