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Object Number
995-29-10/73296
Display Title
Cylindrical coiled basket (A) with lid (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Closely coiled cylindrical basket with handled lid. Bundle foundation, of bear grass, split coiling stitch, in natural yucca with dark brown pattern in martynia pod. On basket, pattern consists of continuous stepped design; on lid, four-pointed star. Rim of basked colied with alternating dark and light; rim of lid and edges of arched handle finished with diagonal overcast stitch in dark.
Dimensions: height including lid = 36 cm, height to rim = 31.5 cm, diameter = 27.8 cm.
Inventory Description
Basket, jar, flat base, straight sides, incurving rim, step design, lid with han
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1979
Culture
- Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Beargrass, Yucca, Martynia pod
Dimensions
Overall: 40.4 x 29.2 x 30.5 cm (15 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 12 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
995-29-10/73296a, 995-29-10/73296b
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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