Basketry, coiled. Black and yellow thunderbird design. Bird: black and yellow with diamond shaped eye, stripe on beak, yellow claws. Wings blocked with checkerboard; tail, black with sawtooth tip. Coil loop handle (broken at one end), above bird's head.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northeastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket plaques, Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 35 centimeters and height 4.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1978-1979 #12: Merritt College (WHOOPS!9, 1978–February 1, 1979)