Hopi Pueblo and Pueblo
Plaque
Hopi Pueblo, 1933-1966
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Rabbitbrush, sumac, black, red, green, and blue pigments, 1 × 11 1/2 in. (2.5 × 29.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.B.54
The women of Third Mesa specialize in plaited basketry or wickerwork. Rabbitbrush wefts are plaited around multiple sumac warps joined at the center. Plaques have many domestic and ceremonial functions, including important wedding exchanges. Baskets woven by women related to the bride are given to the groom's relatives in payment for the bride's wedding robes, which were woven by men related to the groom.
Field photo:
A. C. Vroman, c. 1900, in A. H. Whiteford, Southwestern Indian Baskets; Their History and Their Makers, 1988
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:119
