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Object Number
995-29-10/73287
Display Title
Twined circular tray-shaped basket with flaring sides
Descriptions
Object Description
Twined circular tray-shaped basket with flaring sides. Made of peeled and unpeeled twigs, possibly willow, and martynia pod. Reddish-brown on exterior with natural on interior with only decoration consisting of one encircling black line of martynia pod below rim. Rim finished in regular stitch. Woven by Viola Crook.
Inventory Description
Basket, bowl, rounded base, flaring sides, band design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1920-1949
Artist
Viola Crook
Culture
- Havasupai
- Hualapai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwestern; Colorado River
Materials
Twig, Martynia pod
Dimensions
Overall: 9.4 x 24.5 x 24.5 cm (3 11/16 x 9 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Distance (Diameter): 24 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73287
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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