Coiled cylindrical; foundation of split cattail leaf; wefts of yucca leaf (light) and split devil's-claw pod (dark); crowded "step" pattern of dark color.
Donor:
Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Mother of Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Collection date:
1914
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 20.5 centimeters and length 14.5 centimeters