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Object Number
995-29-10/73354
Display Title
Plaited wicker waste basket with rust, yellow, and green rectangle motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Circular plaited wicker waste basket with straight sides. Bottom is rust with encircling band of green. The sides are alternating rectangles of rust, yellow, brown, and green with smaller units of black and natural. Made of sumac twigs covered with dyed rabbitbrush.
Inventory Description
Basket, bowl, flat base, steep flaring sides, polychrome checkered design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940s-1960s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Third Mesa
Materials
Sumac, Rabbitbrush
Dimensions
Overall: 37.5 x 38.2 x 39.7 cm (14 3/4 x 15 1/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Distance (Diameter): 38.5 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73354
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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