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Object Number
995-29-10/73301
Display Title
Coiled circular plaque basket with handle and female figure motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled circular flat plaque basket with handle. Made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, and designs of dark brown martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Natural background with design consisting of four identical female figures arranged with feet at center of plaque and heads towards the rim. Feet, torso, arms, and head outlined in dark brown, and each wears a green skirt. Between each figure and close to rim is a dark brown diamond made of four squares. Rim is finished in a regular stitch with a dark brown overcast.
Inventory Description
Basket, plaque, flat with top hanging notch, figurative human design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1979
Culture
- Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Beargrass, Yucca, Martynia pod
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 31.5 x 1.4 cm (13 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73301
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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