Basket

Museum number:
2-3846
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.127
Description:
Coiled. Shallow, very worn. Black triangular designs show faintly. On bottom are traces of meal.
Donor:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Ceremonial use. Faint signs of wedding design.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
33.6 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-3846, described as Coiled. Shallow, very worn. Black triangular designs show faintly. On bottom are traces of meal.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 2-3846, described as Coiled. Shallow, very worn. Black triangular designs show faintly. On bottom are traces of meal.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-3846, described as Coiled. Shallow, very worn. Black triangular designs show faintly. On bottom are traces of meal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-3846, described as Coiled. Shallow, very worn. Black triangular designs show faintly. On bottom are traces of meal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-3846, described as Coiled. Shallow, very worn. Black triangular designs show faintly. On bottom are traces of meal.

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