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Object Number
985-27-10/59244
Display Title
Bundle coiled basket plaque (po:ta). Abstract design.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Po:ta
Object Description
Bundle coiled basket plaque (po:ta). Abstract design, whirlwind?. Design in black and natural. Backround is brown. Outside of basket curves; interior is convex.
Inventory Description
Basket, coiled plaque, poly geo design, string loop
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Cotton string
Dimensions
Overall: 26.5 x 26.6 x 3.5 cm (10 7/16 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59244/ 34020
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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