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Object Number
995-29-10/73310
Display Title
Coiled basketry seated dog (A) with removable head (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry seated dog with protruding tail, four legs, and removable head with protruding ears. Made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, and designs of black martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Natural background with large black diamond-shaped spot above tail and small ones by front legs. Eyes, nose, and tips of ears also black.
Inventory Description
Basket, seated dog with brown features, removable head as lid
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: 15.4 x 8.6 x 13.6 cm (6 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
995-29-10/73310a, 995-29-10/73310b
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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