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1938.35.1548

'Prayer-meal basket', pottery. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]

1938.35.1548

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Collection type
Object
Description
'Prayer-meal basket', pottery. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
Long description
'Prayer-meal basket', pottery, with terraced rim and handle, painted black on white with figures of horned toad (Phrynosoma) outside and tadpoles inside. [ASh [OPS move] 06/04/2016]
Cultural groups
Zuni
Person
Field collector James Stevenson
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884?, uncertain
Date collected
?1884
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Width: max 140 mm, Height: max 130 mm, Length: max 166 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.1548 Other numbers: 2217 Other numbers: 111437
Research and responses

Note by Lynne Williamson states: 'Probably not as per card. Although from the US National Museum, the Balfour Pueblo pieces were probably sent later.'

Please note that in the original computer entry Tylor was given as the PRM source and the accession number was 1917.53.650. However this appears to be a mistake as it does not match any Tylor Book entry, as it is likely that Tylor was not connected with this object in any way. The 'Field Collector' & 'Other Owners' ? information is also from the original computer entry. [CF 14/2/2001]

Search terms: Vessel, Basketry, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Food and Drink, Pottery, Basket, Religious Object, Ceremonial Object, Food Accessory, Prayer Object

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