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Tohono O'Odham Basket
Tohono O'Odham Basket
Tohono O'Odham Basket

Tohono O'Odham Basket

Datec. 1930
MediumYucca of bear grass and martynia
Dimensions9 × 7 3/4 in. (22.9 × 19.7 cm) BASE 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm) SHOULDER 9 × 10 1/4 in. (22.9 × 26 cm) RIM
ClassificationsContainer
Catalog number412
DescriptionA jar form Tohono O'Odham basket with an outflairing neck and rim, pronounced shoulders, rounded body, and a flat base. The decorative motif is in martynia on the body and there is an overcast stitch on the rim and a single band and black disc on the base. The decorative motif includes four virtical swirls that divide the body into fouths snf s repeated coyote track in brown dyed yucca and martynia. The tim is stitched in martynia. The condition is good.
Status
Not on view