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1928.9.28

Old basketry platter with modified swastika design. [RM [OPS move] 10/11/2016]

1928.9.28

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Collection type
Object
Description
Old basketry platter with modified swastika design. [RM [OPS move] 10/11/2016]
Long description
Old basketry platter with modified swastika design. Coiled to the left. Foundation of cattail, sewn with willow and martynia. Border of oversewing in martynia. The design is in a natural and brown colour. [RM [OPS move] 10/11/2016]
Cultural groups
Akimel O'odham
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1926
Date collected
1926 - 1927
Acquisition information
Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Willow Wood Plant, Material Martynia Plant, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 22 mm, Diameter: max 122 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.9.28
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as figure 102 on page 88 of Basketmakers Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets, edited by Linda Mowat, Howard Morphy and Penny Dransart (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University if Oxford, Mongraph 5, 1992). Caption reads: ‘USA, Southern Arizona, Pima. Small coiled tray with foundation of cattail sewn with willow and martynia. Coiled to the left. Border of oversewing in martynia. Old at time of collection. H: 25 mm; dia: 127 mm. Collected by Beatrice Blackwood, 1927. 1928.9.28’ [MJD 18/01/2013]

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