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Object Number
45-25-10/28479
Display Title
Coiled basket plaque
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Poota
Object Description
Small coiled basket, about 5" D. with outer coil unfinished, showing that it was made by a fertile woman. Small coiled basket, natural yucca, no design.
Inventory Description
Plaque, coiled basketry, round, flat, plain
Classification
- Plaque
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1892
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Galleta grass, Yucca
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3 x 12.4 x 1.7 cm (4 13/16 x 4 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28479 & 3577
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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