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Sacred Meal Tray

Sacred Meal Tray

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Artist
Unknown (Hopi)
Title
Sacred Meal Tray
Date
1890-1930
Medium
Coiled yucca and grass
Dimensions
diam: 14 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst
Accession No.
1984.117
Classification
Basketry
Geography
United States

Related

1971, sold by Fred Rosenstock (Denver, CO) to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst (Glenview, IL); November 1984, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Gordon, Beverly and Melanie Herzog. "American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience," Elvehjem Museum of Art, exh. cat., 1988. p. 21, no. 8
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 46
  • Herzog, Melanie, "Gathering Functions, Gathering Meaning: American Indian Baskets at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." In Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997, Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 46, no. 6

  • Native American Designs in the Southwest: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/29/1994–9/25/1994
  • American Indian Art: The Collecting Experience: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/7/1988–7/3/1988

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