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Object Number
972-45-10/51883
Display Title
Large basketry vessel using a four strand starting knot with coiling
Descriptions
Object Description
Large basketry vessel using a four strand starting knot with fibre bundle coiling. A flattened base, flaring body decorated with frieze of human figures and a hatched rim border. 18" diameter.
Inventory Description
Basket bowl, flaring sides, brown anthropomorphic repeating design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yuma?
- Pima?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Southwest
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 25.5 x 46.4 x 45.6 cm (10 1/16 x 18 1/4 x 17 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1 (bag of grass)
Label on object
972-45-10/51883
Provenance
Collector
Grandmother of Mrs. G. Prescott Low
(1890)
Donor
Mrs. G. Prescott Low
(1972)
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