Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0013-0035 | |
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 to mid 1900s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Bear grass (Nolina erumpens) stems; Yucca (Yucca sp.) leaves; Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pods | |
Description | Tall olla or jar-shaped basket with flat base, expanded body rising to a high shoulder, wide constricted neck, and flaring rim, woven in coiled technique over bundle foundation; Warp material is split cattail stems and the primary weft is split yucca leaves; Designs are woven of black devil's claw pods and consist of large outlined 4-petal floral motif on base whose petals extend up on the lower sides of the basket, 10 columns of 3 paired black triangles each which begin at the lower sides and extend up to the base of the neck, and 7 terraced diagonal lines on the upper half of the neck; Final rim coil is woven entirely in devil's claw. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 33.8, Rim Diam = 18.8, Max Diam = 28.1 |