Plaque

Museum number:
2-18615
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020018615
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation, Navajo County
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Third Mesa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Tray for food and sacred meal; household decoration.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18615, described as Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18615, described as Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Plaque, accession number 2-18615, described as Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18615, described as Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18615, described as Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaque, accession number 2-18615, described as Wicker weave. Central circle, plain, is Kachina face - black red eyes, red dots on cheeks, mouth formed by inverted "U" with radiating red and green stripes to chin. Headdress at terraces.

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