Basket

Museum number:
2-56557
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020056557
Accession number:
Acc.3011
Description:
Coiled jar-shaped; foundation of split cattail leaf with light weft of yucca leaf, dark weft of split devil's-claw pod; zig-zag design in dark color; flared rim and slightly bulging shoulder.
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:
Tourist novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16.2 centimeters and height 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-56557, described as Coiled jar-shaped; foundation of split cattail leaf with light weft of yucca leaf, dark weft of split devil's-claw pod; zig-zag design in dark color; flared rim and slightly bulging shoulder.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-56557, described as Coiled jar-shaped; foundation of split cattail leaf with light weft of yucca leaf, dark weft of split devil's-claw pod; zig-zag design in dark color; flared rim and slightly bulging shoulder.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-56557, described as Coiled jar-shaped; foundation of split cattail leaf with light weft of yucca leaf, dark weft of split devil's-claw pod; zig-zag design in dark color; flared rim and slightly bulging shoulder.

Tools