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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9748468, member: 8267"]I have looked at the online collections of the Peabody Museum - <a href="https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/advancedsearch/Objects/department%3AEthnographic%3BcultureAdvTerms%3APima/table?page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/advancedsearch/Objects/department%3AEthnographic%3BcultureAdvTerms%3APima/table?page=1" rel="nofollow">https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/advancedsearch/Objects/department:Ethnographic;cultureAdvTerms:Pima/table?page=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and the National Museum of the American Indian - <a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/search?edan_fq%5B0%5D=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.nmaiculture_archeol_1%3A%22Akimel%20O%27odham%20%28Pima%29%22&edan_fq%5B1%5D=object_type%3A%22Basket%20bowl%22&page=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/search?edan_fq%5B0%5D=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.nmaiculture_archeol_1%3A%22Akimel%20O%27odham%20%28Pima%29%22&edan_fq%5B1%5D=object_type%3A%22Basket%20bowl%22&page=0" rel="nofollow">https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/search?edan_fq[0]=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.nmaiculture_archeol_1:"Akimel O'odham (Pima)"&edan_fq[1]=object_type:"Basket bowl"&page=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The basic shape would be described as a bowl, but does not seem to be a real common type of Pima basket. Most are more flared, or more shallow. I found one with a pedestal - </p><p><a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_256717" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_256717" rel="nofollow">https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_256717</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are other online museum collections that could be searched for comparative examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Pima have made baskets for thousands of years, but examples with documented dates of manufacture, or primary collection (directly from the culture of origin), are scarce. So assigning a date is usually done with broad generalizations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9748468, member: 8267"]I have looked at the online collections of the Peabody Museum - [URL]https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/advancedsearch/Objects/department%3AEthnographic%3BcultureAdvTerms%3APima/table?page=1[/URL] and the National Museum of the American Indian - [URL]https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/search?edan_fq%5B0%5D=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.nmaiculture_archeol_1%3A%22Akimel%20O%27odham%20%28Pima%29%22&edan_fq%5B1%5D=object_type%3A%22Basket%20bowl%22&page=0[/URL] The basic shape would be described as a bowl, but does not seem to be a real common type of Pima basket. Most are more flared, or more shallow. I found one with a pedestal - [URL]https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_256717[/URL] There are other online museum collections that could be searched for comparative examples. The Pima have made baskets for thousands of years, but examples with documented dates of manufacture, or primary collection (directly from the culture of origin), are scarce. So assigning a date is usually done with broad generalizations.[/QUOTE]
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