Twig bundle

Museum number:

2-58472

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020058472

Accession number:

Acc.3145

Object count:

1

Description:

Bundle of rabbitbrush twigs, peeled and dyed red, green, blue, brown, and plain. Label attached to bundle: "Chrysothamnus moquianus. "Rabbitbrush". Dyed various colors. Used in making plaques. Hopi Indians, Oraibi, northern Arizona.

Donor:

Lloyd W. Swift

Collection place:

Oraibi, Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation

Verbatim coll. place:

Arizona; Hopi Reservation; Oraibi

Culture or time period:

Hopi

Collector:

Josephine Hall Bishop

Collection date:

1917

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

8.3 For Manufacturing

Accession date:

June 16, 1975

Context of use:

Basketry material for making wicker plaques.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 45 centimeters

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