Large Wide Mouth Basket with Cross Pattern
Historical artifact -- Basket;Anthropological Artifact
Identifier:
D427Description
Large coiled woven basket with tan yucca and black woven design. Black overcasting on the rim, saucer shape. From a bird's eye view, the design resembles a cross with wide points at the ends. The center of the cross is a black circle. Through the wide points at the ends of the cross, a line of tan extends to the rim with two black 'X' on top of one another, with the edges of the shape outlined in black, forming a pattern of 3 diamonds with two wide triangles touching at the tips perpendicularly between each diamond. The cross with wide ends is outlined twice in a small black line, and the line forms a circle around the rim of the basket with four gaps separating the ends of the cross.Coiled, Tan With Black Woven Design,7.8" Dia. Valued at $87.50 and accessioned 08/1973. Papago or Pima origin, Arizona.