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Second Mesa coiled basket depicting kachina figures and corn / Lula Justongera

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Large coiled storage basket; coils of grass sewn with devil’s claw and yucca fibers. Straw colored with design in black, red, and yellow. Kachina figures: Mud-head and Crow Mother. Corn fertility symbols [yellow, red, white: directions].

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Title(s): 
Second Mesa coiled basket depicting kachina figures and corn
Creator(s): 
Lula Justongera (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Hopi
Date: 
circa 1949
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Second Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Materials/Techniques: 
grass, yucca
Dimensions: 
5.5" Diameter
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.257
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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