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Object Number:NA8045
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Pima
Provenience: Arizona
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Plant Fiber
Cattail
Technique:Basketry
Coiled
Height: 12.2 cm
Outside Diameter:43 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Henry K. Deisher, 1918
Other Number:232 - Collector Number

Description

Large, wide-brimmed, coiled bowl with splint-bundle foundation; herringbone stich rim. Geometric design with central black disk extending outward into four rays, twisting to form angular spiral/vortex, bordered in natural white and with black frets; exterior pattern reflected on interior.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

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. 122-127View Objects related to this General Reference

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