Wicker basket of willow with scalloped rim. The pattern is created by using 4-5 strands of willow and looping them through one another. [BH [OPS Move] 3/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wicker basket of willow with scalloped rim. The pattern is created by using 4-5 strands of willow and looping them through one another. [BH [OPS Move] 3/11/2016]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; New Mexico San Juan Santo Domingo San Ildefonso
Cultural groups: San Ildefonso
Person: Maker Joe Becker; Field collector Linda Mowat; PRM source Linda Mowat
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1991
Date collected: 1991 11
Acquisition information: Donated: 12/1991
Materials and processes: Material Willow Wood Plant, Process Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 263 mm, Height: max 93 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1991.35.12
Associated publications: Illustrated in black and white as figure 109 on page 90 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, New Mexico, Rio Grande Pueblo. Wicker basket of willow with scalloped rim. Old specimen. Donated by Joe Becker. 1991.35.12’ [MJD 18/01/2013]

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