Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0881 | |
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; Second Mesa | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1955 | |
Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
Materials | Galleta grass (Hilaria jamesii) stems; Yucca (Yucca angustissima) leaves; Vegetal dyes | |
Description | Deep round wastebasket with flat base and flaring lower sides that rise vertically to a wide mouth; Basket is woven entirely in coiled technique over bundle coils; Warp material is galleta grass stems and weft materials is natural and vegetal dyed yucca leaves; Designs on sides of basket consist of two full figures of Crow Mother, shown wearing a black dress with white wedding sash; Figure's face is brown (with yellow side borders) with the characteristic black hourglass shape in center and large black wings on the sides of her headdress; Hourglass shape on face and band just below face is woven in overlay stitch of undyed weft; Alternating with the Crow Mother figures are two pair of vertically stacked terraced concentric diamonds in brown, yellow, and black, all on natural colored sun bleached background. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.1, Max Diam = 23.5 |