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Object Number
995-29-10/73306
Display Title
Coiled basketry cowboy hat
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry cowboy hat made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, and designs of black martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Natural background with design on brim consisting of a black checkerboard pattern. Rim finished in regular stitch.
Inventory Description
Basket, hat, decorative, rounded cap, upcurving rim, checkered 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: 7.4 x 27 x 27.4 cm (2 15/16 x 10 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Distance (Diameter): 27.4 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73306
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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