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Navajo coiled wedding basket
before 196920th Century
4 in. x 17 7/8 in. (10.16 cm x 45.4 cm)
Native American, Native American
Object Type:
Baskets
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Plant fiber
Credit Line:
Found in Collection
Accession Number:
1969.107
Holds acorn mush prepared by father of the bride. Orient the break in the design to face East. Used by Navaho, but usually made by their neighbors the Paiutes. Ira Jacknis visit 10/25/18, Research Anthropologist at Phoebe Hearst Museum.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Native American Baskets from the Mills College Collection Mills College Art Gallery , 1/14/1976 - 2/27/1976
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