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Detail from Meal Tray
Culture of Origin: Hopi (Second Mesa)circa 1880
U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
Washington, DC, United States
This image is a detail from a Hopi (Second Mesa) meal tray (INTR 00803). It is coiled, with a grass bundle foundation. It has a round coiled start and a self-rim with an "open gate" (incomplete) finish. The motif consists of natural-colored yucca stitches with dyed brown and dyed blue yucca design elements outlined in black.
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Details
- Title: Detail from Meal Tray
- Creator: Culture of Origin: Hopi (Second Mesa)
- Date Created: circa 1880
- Location Created: Hopi Second Mesa, AZ
- Physical Dimensions: DIA 15.35, H 2.17 inches
- Provenance: INTR 00803, John K. Hillers
- Subject Keywords: Southwest, Hopi, Second Mesa, Arizona, American Indian, North America, tray, plaque
- Type: Basketry
- Rights: U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
- Medium: yucca, grass, dye
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