by Artist (2)
Hopi Artist
Basket Plaque, c. 1910
Grass and leaf
x 14 15/16 in. ( x 38 cm)
Creation Place:
North America, Native American
Technique:
Basketmaking (Coiling)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Emeline H. Burns
Accession Number:
P1685
Flat basket plaque. Coiled construction. Irregular brown and tan sunburst design on buff.
Materials
yucca leaf and grass
Commentary
Geometricized birds, their beaks poingting to the center, decorate this basket. Its unfinished coil indicates that the piece was made by an unmarried woman. -from the Native American Art from the Permanent Collection catalog, 1976
Bibliography
Kay Koeninger and Joanne M. Mack, "Native American Art from the Permanent Collection" (Claremont: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1979), 32, fig. 47.
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Native American Art from the Permanent Collection.
Native American Art from the Permanent Collection
Galleries of the Claremont Colleges.
Claremont, CA, 1979
Page Number: 32, Figure Number: 47
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