Plaque

Museum number:
2-8929
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020008929
Accession number:
Acc.289
Description:
Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.
Donor:
Kate S. Cory
Collection place:
Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Kate S. Cory
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used to wave in "Basket" ceremony; or perhaps tray for food, sacred meal; also for household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 42 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: Called "yung-yaka".
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-8929, described as Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-8929, described as Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-8929, described as Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Plaque, accession number 2-8929, described as Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-8929, described as Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-8929, described as Plaque, wickerweave. Colors: 3 shades of brown on white ground. Geometric design, circle in center. Design motif repeated 4 times.

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