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
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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_271235