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Object Number:NA8929
Current Location: Native American Voices
Currently On Display
Culture:Navajo
Provenience: North America
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Sumac
Technique:Basketry
Coiled
Height: 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter:34.29 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918

Description

Medium sized, circular three-rod coiled wedding basket with herringbone pattern rim; encircling band of deep red, bordered on its edges with black triangles.

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. 34-37View Objects related to this General Reference

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