Basket,
c. 1930
Grass and leaf
x 5 1/8 in. ( x 13 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American
Technique:
Basketmaking (Weaving)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. William Kirk
Accession Number:
P5043
Cylindrical basket with flat base. Black and brown zoomorphic figures on light buff.
Materials
grass and yucca leaf
Commentary
Bucket-shaped baskets, which the Hopi made for the tourist trade, wmploy native dyes and the new decorative technique of beading. -from the Native American Art from the Permanent Collection catalog, 1979
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 89 (illustrated/bw) fig. 309.
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