Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1991-0001-0001 | |
| 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 | Mary Vantura (or Vanturu) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bear grass (Nolina erumpens) stems; Yucca (Yucca sp.) leaves | |
| Description | Round tray with wide flat base and very shallow flaring sides, woven in close-spaced and split stitch coiled technique over bundle foundation; Warp material is bear grass stems and weft material is split sun bleached yucca leaves; Center of basket is woven in close-spaced stitches for several coils, and remainder of base is woven split stitches that form a design of spaced lines that radiate outward to juncture of base and sides; Design on sides consists of 11 blocks of closely spaced split stitches and a long single stitch diagonally spanning the space between adjacent blocks. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.0, Max Diam = 28.5 | |