wedding basket, unrecorded Diné artist

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unrecorded Diné artist, wedding basket
unrecorded Diné artist, wedding basket
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
wedding basket
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, artist
wedding basket, late 1800s–early 1900s
Where object was made: Southwestern United States
Material/technique: coiling; plant fiber; dyeing
Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 8 x 33 cm
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 1/8 x 13 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 2007.2392
Not on display
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"The 2-rod and bundle coiled "wedding baskets" or sacred meal baskets are also used in Navajo healing ceremonies and chant ways. They may occasionally be inverted to serve as drums. When used in ceremonies, the break in the design must always point toward the east. Note that the end of the final coil occurs at the design break.