Basket baby-carrier model/toy

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Date created: 1972

Culture/People: Hopi Pueblo
Artist/Maker: Vera Nevahoioma Pooyouma, Hopi Pueblo, 1894-ca. 1991
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 1973; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Hopi Reservation; Navajo County, Coconino County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

See related items: Hopi Pueblo; Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/8657
Barcode: 258657.000

Object Type: Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Object Name: Basket baby-carrier model/toy
Media/Materials: Rabbitbrush, cotton twine/string
Techniques: Wicker-plaited, laced
Dimensions: 31.1 x 12.5 x 13.8 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws639ce89d5-580b-458c-976e-4e622b66a10c

Record ID: NMAI_274603