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Object Number 2017.8.31
Display Title Nesting set of 10 single-weave sotol baskets
Descriptions
Object Description Nesting set of 10 single-weave, twill-plaited sotol baskets
Inventory Description Nesting baskets, ten, square base, round body, flared rim, twill plaited
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date late 20th century
Culture
  • Tarahumara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Copper Canyon
Materials Sotol
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 × 13.2 × 12.9 cm (2 7/8 × 5 3/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2017.8.31
Credit Line Gift of basketry scholars and authors Sarah R. Peabody Turnbaugh '76scl (Anthropology) and William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. '73 (Anthropology)
Provenance
Collector Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh
Collector William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D.
Donor Donated by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (2017)
Donor Donated by William A. Turnbaugh Ph.D. (2017)

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