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Object Number
985-27-10/59242
Display Title
Bundle coiled basket plaque (po:ta). Design representing abstract kachina.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Po:ta
Object Description
Bundle coiled basket plaque (po:ta). Design representing abstract kachina in yellow and black. Basket unfinished; part of bundle of last coil exposed.
Inventory Description
Basket, coiled plaque, poly design, unfinished end
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985?
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 31.5 x 27.4 x 1.8 cm (12 3/8 x 10 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59242/ 24703
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1912)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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