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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0496-0015   CAS 0496-0015; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
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. 1940s to 1950s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Yucca (Yucca angustissima) leaves; Sumac (Rhus sp.) stem
Description Large shallow round sifter basket, woven entirely in plaiting technique (primarily over 3/under 3); Warp and weft material is unbleached split yucca leaves; At rim the warps and wefts are folded over a single heavy sumac (?) rod that has been bent to form a continuous ring whose ends overlap slightly, with the yucca fibers held down by a single twined row of yucca leaves; Interior surface of yucca leaves is turned inward for warps and turned outward for wefts, form a design pattern of four groups of concentric diamonds.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 10.0, Max Diam = 55.1