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Object Number
995-29-10/73309
Display Title
Coiled basketry figure of a woman (A) with detachable hat (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry figure of a woman- "snowman" shaped with protruding arms and opening on head where hat fits. Made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, and designs of black martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Natural background with main design across body and waist consisting of interlocking diagonal pairs of stepped lines to produce diamonds. Black hair and facial features; opening left between two coils for mouth. Hat made of different materials and technique and probably did not originate with figure.
Inventory Description
Basket, jar, standing female figure, coilded woven features, lidded hat
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1979
Artist
Rosari Ventura
Culture
- Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Beargrass, Yucca, Martynia pod
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 15.3 x 14.2 cm (11 x 6 x 5 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
995-29-10/73309a; 995-29-10/73309b
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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