Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: This catalog number originally had 17 baskets. Catalog card notes that one was exchanged to Bureau of Education, Manila, P.I., c/o Dr. Hugo H. Miller, in 1913. Two (2) of the baskets are illustrated: Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 10. Southwest, fig. 11, pg. 722.
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Though apparently the collector assumed that these specimens [all catalog number 174529] were all from the Papago, some of them appear to be Pima by comparison with other identified specimens.-R. Elder."
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Basket (gorrita). The bowl basket, varying in form from circular, slightly concave platters, to deep bowls with high, curved sides, decorated with white and black geometric figures. They are invariably made from split willow twigs, stripped martinia pod fiber, and narrow strips of yucca leaves, or sacaton grass. A number of very narrow strips of yucca, or a small bunch of grass, 1/8 inch in diameter, is wound around a few turns with martinia, or split willow, according [to whether] a black or white center is desired, and coiled into a button, which is held in shape by passing the ends of the willow or martinia split through the center core of yucca strips or grass. The basket is coiled upward from this center button by constantly threading the outer wind through the center core of each previous circumferential band and drawing it hard down, thus binding the coils closely and compactly together. A variety of geometric designs are produced by alternating the outer windings of black Martinia and white willow at proper intervals. The baskets, when well made, will hold water readily, and withstand hard use for years...These baskets [serve] many domestic purposes, practically all those in which receptacles may be used without placing them on the fire. The Pima, Yaqui, and Seri Indians all make identical baskets."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, San Xavier Reservation / Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
label: Culture
content: Pima (Akimel O'odham; Akimel O'otham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174529-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket