1911.86.125

Collection type

Object

Description

Carrying-basket, carried on the back, supported by a strip of textile on the forehead. Conical in shape with four bands of diagonal decoration in darker material. [MOBB [OPS move] 9/11/2016]

Long description

Girl's small carrying-basket, carried on the back, supported by a strip of textile on the forehead. The basket is conical and double twined, with horizontal geometric bands in brown. The base is reinforced with a piece of skin sewn on with a thong. The cloth carrying-band is attached with hide thongs tied around two sticks on the inside of the basket. There is a repair on the side of the basket. The rim has been reinforced with a metal ring, sewn on with plant fibre. [MJD 29/10/2014]

Geographical reference

United States of America

Northern America > North America > United States of America

Arizona Maricopa County Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Reservation [Mohave- Apache Reservation]

Cultural groups

Yavapai

Person

Field collector Barbara Whitchurch Freire-Marreco

PRM source Barbara Whitchurch Freire-Marreco

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1911

Date collected

1910 - 1911 ARIZONA

Acquisition information

Donated: 1911

Materials and processes

Material Plant Fibre, Material Animal Skin, Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Metal, Process Twined Woven, Process Repaired (local), Process Basketry, Process Tied, Process Coiled

Dimensions

Diameter: max 315 mm, Height: max 280 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1911.86.125 Other numbers: Catalogue number 027

Search terms: Basketry, Transport and Travel, Basket, Carrying Device