Baskets

Museum number:
1-97856a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1119
Description:
Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.
Donor:
Mrs. L. B. Mackey
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Southern California
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Collector:
Anne Henrietta Martin and Louise W. Martin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1953
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— height 4.2 centimeters, (a)— diameter 11 centimeters, (a)— height 5.7 centimeters, and (b)— diameter 8.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Baskets, accession number 1-97856a,b, described as Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Baskets, accession number 1-97856a,b, described as Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Baskets, accession number 1-97856a,b, described as Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Baskets, accession number 1-97856a,b, described as Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baskets, accession number 1-97856a,b, described as Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baskets, accession number 1-97856a,b, described as Coiled baskets. Tag "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: A: Straight sided coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are yucca (Yucca elata) background and possibly black dyed yucca designs. The design is five upward pointing triangles and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a tapered coil ending. Not Southern California- it is from Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made. B: Slightly flaring coiled basket bowl. The basket has a bundle foundation. The wefts are willow background and possibly black dyed yucca and other brown material designs. There is a black circle on the base, diagonal designs in black and brown, and a black rim. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt ending. Not Southern California- it is Southern Arizona, Tohono O'odham made.

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