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Coiled bowl-shaped basket with straight sides and flying bird motif
Coiled bowl-shaped basket with straight sides and flying bird motif
Object Number 995-29-10/73298
Display Title Coiled bowl-shaped basket with straight sides and flying bird motif
Descriptions
Object Description Coiled bowl-shaped basket with straight sides. Made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, designs of martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Natural background with design consisting of four flying dark brown birds in profile with eyes and long beaks. Rim is finished in a regular stitch with a dark brown overcast.
Inventory Description Basket, bowl, flat base, straight sides, brown woven geometric designs
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940-1979
Culture
  • Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Beargrass, Yucca, Martynia pod
Dimensions Overall: 20.2 x 20.2 x 10.9 cm (7 15/16 x 7 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.) Distance (Diameter): 20.1 cm
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-10/73298
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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