Object Details
Culture/People
Tohono O'odham (Papago)
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1965; 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
1965
Catalog Number
25/5237
Barcode
255237.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Basket in the form of a cat
Media/Materials
Yucca fiber, devil's claw/martynia
Techniques
Coiled
Dimensions
13.4 x 10 x 19 cm
Place
Arizona; USA
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_271102