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Object Number
995-29-10/73365
Display Title
Large coiled olla basket with mudhead kachina motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Large coiled olla basket. Design, against a natural background, consists of seven whole bodied Mudhead kachinas with feet facing to the left and holding protruding rattle in right hand. Each has brown body and black skirt. Kachinas are separated from each other by two vertical yellow diamonds outlined in black. A band of similar triangles encircles basket at base and near rim. Rim is finished in regular stitch in black. Made of thick and soft grass or yucca bundles sewn with yucca fiber dyed in aniline or vegetal dyes.
Inventory Description
Basket, jar, flat base, rounded body, incurving rim, mudhead kachina design
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Yucca
Dimensions
Overall: 48.1 x 40.6 x 40.2 cm (18 15/16 x 16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Distance (Diameter): 36.2 cm
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73365
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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