Basket and food tray. 5 black zig-zag motifs; worn condition showing use. Center hole plugged with scrap of cloth. Coiled; 2-rod foundation and yucca filler; rim woven in herringbone pattern.
Donor:
Willard W. Hill
Collection place:
Lukachukai, Apache County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Apache; Lukachukai
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Willard W. Hill
Collection date:
1935
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Ceremonial.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 31.5 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
References: Whiteford, Andrew Hunter, Southwestern Indian Baskets. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, N.M. 1988. p. 37, 38. Figure 26.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965) and S1971-1972 #9: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 28, 1971–August 31, 1971)