Basket

Museum number:
2-65957
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020065957
Alternate number:
Scottloan 115 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3774
Object count:
1
Description:
Tray shaped, coiled over bundle foundation with design similar to "martynia." Split cattail leaves, split willow/cottonwood shoots, split devil's claw pods.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Southern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Akimel O'odham ("Pima")
Collector:
Grandmother of Mrs. Georgia Scott Lind
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Martynia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Context of use:
Bread mixing basin in shape but was used for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and diameter 42 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-65957, described as Tray shaped, coiled over bundle foundation with design similar to "martynia." Split cattail leaves, split willow/cottonwood shoots, split devil's claw pods.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-65957, described as Tray shaped, coiled over bundle foundation with design similar to "martynia." Split cattail leaves, split willow/cottonwood shoots, split devil's claw pods.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, accession number 2-65957, described as Tray shaped, coiled over bundle foundation with design similar to "martynia." Split cattail leaves, split willow/cottonwood shoots, split devil's claw pods.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-65957, described as Tray shaped, coiled over bundle foundation with design similar to "martynia." Split cattail leaves, split willow/cottonwood shoots, split devil's claw pods.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-65957, described as Tray shaped, coiled over bundle foundation with design similar to "martynia." Split cattail leaves, split willow/cottonwood shoots, split devil's claw pods.

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