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Object Number
995-29-10/73302
Display Title
Coiled bowl-shaped basket with straight sides and handle
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled circular bowl-shaped basket with straight sides and 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 encircling undulating stepped line in brown with yellow interior. Handle attached on each side by two coils, which join at top of handle. Handle is of natural background color with brown decoration down the center. Rim is finished in a regular stitch with a brown overcast.
Inventory Description
Basket, bowl with handle, flat base, flaring sides, coiled, step design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1979
Culture
- Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Arizona
Materials
Beargrass, Yucca
Dimensions
Overall: 13.6 x 14.9 x 13.5 cm (5 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73302
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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