Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2010-0001-0001 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket plaque | |
| Culture | Hopi | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Navajo | |
| Other Geographic Data | Hopi Indian Reservation; Third Mesa | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Warp: Dunebroom (Parryella filifolia) stems; Weft: Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus spp.) stems; Natural dyes | |
| Description | Round plaque woven entirely in wicker technique, beginning with four dunebroom warp rods laid across four other dunebroom warp rods which are gradually expanded in spoke-like fashion; Body of basket is woven of natural and dyed rabbitbrush stems, showing a single large image of a butterfly with black wings and a body of indeterminate color; At rim, all warp rods except one in each warp bundle are cut off; Remaining warp rods are bent to the left and bound with adjacent rods and then wrapped with undyed yucca leaf. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 5.0, Max Diam = 33.2 | |