Food-platter, circular, of radial wickerwork in natural, red, orange, green, and black colours. [BH [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Food-platter, circular, of radial wickerwork in natural, red, orange, green, and black colours. [BH [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Arizona Third Mesa
Cultural groups: Hopi
Person: Field collector Richard Baxter Townshend; PRM source Executors of Letitia Jane (Dorothea) Townshend
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1931
Materials and processes: Material Sumac Wood Plant, Material Rabbit-Brush Plant, Process Wicker Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 400 mm, Height: max 34 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1931.60.20
Research and responses: Warp of sumac, weft of rabbit brush. LM.
Associated publications: Illustrated in black and white as figure 96 on page 85 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, Arizona, Third Mesa, Hopi. Wicker plaque with warp of sumac and weft of rabbit brush with yucca edging. Butterfly design in aniline dyes (red, green, orange [MJD 18/01/2013]