Per Ralph Shanks: Tourist trade basket. Possibly acc. 1103 (first number hard to read) on tag. Oval coiled basket with cattail bundle foundation. Black designs are probably yucca. Alternating human figures: 5 men and 5 women both wearing hats. Rim ticks/striped. Coiled with clipped weft fag ends.
Collection place:
North America
Culture or time period:
Tohono O'odham
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 35.5 centimeters, width 28 centimeters, and height 18.5 centimeters