Circular coiled basketry meal-dish. Yellow, brown and natural coloured dyes that forms linear design. The Base is slightly concave. [BH [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Circular coiled basketry meal-dish. Yellow, brown and natural coloured dyes that forms linear design. The Base is slightly concave. [BH [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Arizona First Mesa Walpi
Cultural groups: Hopi
Person: Field collector Edward Burnett Tylor; PRM source Edward Burnett Tylor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: By 1911
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Galleta Grass Plant, Material Yucca Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Coiled, Process Basketry, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Height: max 41 mm, Diameter: max 267 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.1.38
Research and responses: Foundation of galleta grass sewn with yucca. Coiled to the left. This is a Second Mesa type of basket and was probably traded from one of the Second Mesa villages. LM.