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Object Number
45-25-10/28473
Display Title
Small coiled basket plaque
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Poota
Object Description
Small coiled basket, about 4" D. with outer coil unfinished, showing that it was made by a fertile woman. Small coiled basket plaque, natural yucca, dyed black yucca, and dyed red yucca.
Inventory Description
Plaque, coiled basketry, round, flat,poly- chrome design, raised center
Classification
- Plaque
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Galleta grass, Yucca
Dimensions
Overall: 10.7 x 11 x 1.5 cm (4 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28473 & 3577
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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