Basket in the form of an owl
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Tohono O'odham (Papago)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Balcomb's Art Gallery
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from Balcomb's Art Gallery (Gallup, New Mexico) in 1963; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Date created
- 1963
- Catalog Number
- 25/5370
- Barcode
- 255370.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Basket in the form of an owl
- Media/Materials
- Yucca fiber, devil's claw/martynia
- Techniques
- Coiled
- Dimensions
- 16 x 16 x 26 cm
- Place
- Arizona; USA
- See related items
- Tohono O'odham (Papago)
- Containers and Vessels
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_271235
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67764e3d2-d46e-4766-9960-a70a86e3575b
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