| Catalog Number |
CAS 2019-0001-0158 |
 |
| Category |
Basketry |
| Object Name |
Basket |
| Culture |
Tohono O’odham (Papago) |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
Arizona |
| County |
|
| Other Geographic
Data |
|
| Maker's Name |
|
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1986 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Bear grass (Nolina erumpens) stems; Yucca (Yucca sp.) leaves |
| Description |
Round tray-like basket with wide flat base and shallow, slightly 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 1 blocks of closely spaced split stitches and a long single stitch diagonally spanning the space between adjacent blocks. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Height = 4.6, Max Diam = 28.2 |