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Object Number
995-29-10/73312
Display Title
Coiled basketry standing pig (A) with lid (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry standing pig with four legs and protruding ears. Lid has looped handle. Made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, and designs of black martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Natural background with black eyes, curly tail, and three solid black rectangles- one on each side and on rear. Documents inside basket: (1) Sales tag: "HAND MADE BASKETS BY PAPAGO INDIANS OF ARIZONA. Papago Indian baskets are made all by hand from the Yucca plant. Devil Claw is used for the black design. A little red is sometimes used from the root of the Yucca (wild banana plant). All a very slow process and one of the oldest of Indian crafts"; in ink: "Ruth Antone" (2) Hang tag, stamped on both sides "NOT FOR SALE"; on one side, this was crossed out and t[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Basket, lidded jar, figurative pig with 4 legs, ears, handled lid, eyes, 2 strip
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1967
Artist
Ruth Antone
Culture
- Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Beargrass, Yucca, Martynia pod
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 11.7 x 18.8 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
995-29-10/73312
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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