Basket

Museum number:

2-64885

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020064885

Accession number:

Acc.3148

Object count:

1

Description:

Miniature Navaho wedding basket, coiled, sumac shoot foundation. Sewing strands of split sumac shoots, brown and dark blue geometric design radiating from center, open bowl shape. Central red band.

Donor:

Estate of Christina B. Cameron

Collection place:

Eastern Arizona

Verbatim coll. place:

Arizona

Culture or time period:

Navajo

Collector:

Christina B. Cameron

Collection date:

unknown

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Miniature (size attribute)

Function:

5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Accession date:

1975

Context of use:

Traditional ceremonial basket.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

diameter 23 centimeters and height 5 centimeters

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