Basketry plaque, coiled. Black, red, yellow, and green. Design: 4-pointed star, each arm banded in a combination of either green-red or yellow-green, emanating from center and pendant to rim; fibers missing around rim (3 cm) and various other places; slightly convex in center.
Donor:
John D. Short and William L. Hathaway
Collection place:
Northeastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
William L. Hathaway
Collection date:
1890-1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
March 5, 1968
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 31.5 centimeters and height 3.9 centimeters