- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carrying or storage basket. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Long description
- Carrying or storage basket. Circular with flat bottom and expanding sides. White is willow, black is martynia pod (TYPHA LATIFOLIA). Design of human form standing on top of five steps or tables separated vertically by triangles. In the centre of the bottom is a black circle. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Arizona
- Cultural groups
- Akimel O'odham
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1890
- Date collected
- circa 1890
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Willow Wood Plant, Material Martynia Plant, Material Plant, Process Coiled, Process Basketry, Process Shredded
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 411 mm, Height: max 325 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.6.3
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