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Basket with bird designs
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Basket with bird designs

Maker Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
DateEarly 20th C (c. 1930s)
MediumFiber, yucca, devils claw (martynia), willow?
Dimensions3 7/8” H x 5 1/2” Diam.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71
Object numberNA2010.059.WER
DescriptionCylindrical coiled basket with five birds (turkey?) around the body. Decorative devils claw rim wraps. Typical four-part Papago start.
ClassificationsBasketry
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Profile, proper left view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
20th C
Side view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
Side view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
Mid 20th C
Side view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
Late 19th - Early 20th C
Side view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
20th C
Side view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
1910-1940
Side view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
20th C
Top view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
Mid/Late 20th C
Top, three-quarter, proper left view
G. Lopez?
20th C
Top view
Unknown, Tohono O’odham (Papago)
Late 20th C
Front view
Rita Sam
Late 20th C.
Interior view
Unknown, Pima?
Early/Mid 20th C
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