Tohono O'odham Cooking Basket

Coiled Basket

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.63

Description

A tan basket with brown geometric/stepped pattern that appears five times around the basket.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1920

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Basket was made for the souvenir trade from 1920 onwards.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tohono O'odham

Native American

Notes

Documentation refers to tribe as Papago - an antiquated, European term rejected by the tribe itself.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Basket, Cooking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cookware

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Cooking Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

A 30

NH 162

Dimensions

Height

5-1/4 in

Diameter

8-1/4 in

Material

Yucca, Devil's Claw, Cattail

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Frank A. Norick

Notes

Identified the basket

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Leafey D. Terwilliger

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Jun 4, 1979

Exhibitions

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 1

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 2

The Los Gatos History Project: Uncovering Untold Stories - Phase 3

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

"Papago coiled basket from Arizona, made for the souvenir trade from 1920 onwards. Made of yucca leaf, split devil's claw pods (black elements) and split cattail leaf (foundation). - Frank A. Norick Lowie Museum Univ. of Calif."