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Catalog Number

CAS 1984-0013-0025   CAS 1984-0013-0025; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Tohono O’odham (Papago)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Pima
Other Geographic Data Area to south and southwest of Tucson
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bear grass (Nolina erumpens) stems; Yucca (Yucca sp.) leaves; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods
Description Round shallow basket with flat base and widely flaring sides, woven in coiled technique over bundle foundation; Warp material is bear grass stems and primary weft material is split sun bleached yucca leaves; Designs are woven of black devil's claw pods and natural, unbleached yucca leaves and consist of four diagonal columns of stacked triangles woven of yucca leaves and 4 diagonal zigzag lines woven of devil's claw and parallel to the stacked triangles, all on the sides of the basket.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 6.6, Max Diam = 27.6