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1993.12.1

Coiled basketry bowl. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/11/2016]

1993.12.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coiled basketry bowl. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/11/2016]
Long description
Coiled basketry bowl. Rounded bottom with expanding sides. Made of martynia and either willow or cottonwood. Solid black circle of the lower third breaks into slanted stepped pattern which runs up the rest of the basket. Edge of basket is plaited. [MOBB [OPS move] 2/11/2016]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Unknown Source
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1993
Date collected
By 1993
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 1993
Materials and processes
Material Martynia Plant, Material Willow Wood Plant, Material Cottonwood Wood Plant, Process Coiled, Process Basketry, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Diameter: max 389 mm, Height: max 133 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1993.12.1
Research and responses

Probably Tohono O'Odham (Papago), but possibly Pima (LM).

Previously entered on the database as ?Tohono O'odham and ?Pima. [CW 13/9/2001]

Search terms: Basketry, Basket

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