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Basket

Object Number:38106
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Yucca
Sumac
Technique:Basketry
Height: 12.7 cm
Outside Diameter:16 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901

Description

Small, twined basket with a flat broad base, a globular body with tapered sides and a short neck. Not a typical Hopi technique, but more closely resembles Apache workmanship.

Bibliography:

[Book] Whiteford, Andrew H. 01 Aug 1988. Southwestern Indian Baskets: Their History and Their Makers.. School of American Research Press. General Reference : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 159-160View Objects related to this General Reference

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