TOHONO O'ODHAM FIGURED BASKET - BA150

View Details This Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago) basket is woven in a design featuring human figures and coyote tracks by Tohono O'odham artist Connie Francisco. Woven today much the same as it might have been centuries ago, the tools used are a knife, an awl, and the hands of the weaver. The native materials - Bear Grass with its razor sharp leaves, sturdy Devil's Claw, and Yucca - are collected soaked and split in a process almost as time consuming as the actual weaving. The Tohono O'odham people stubbornly resisted using the vast influx of manufactured goods availaible at the beginning of the twentieth century to replace their artistic and utilitarian basketry. Their traditions of weaving and design survive largely unchanged in their beautiful and artistic basketry. Approximately 15 1/2 inches in diameter.   SKU: BA150 Price: $750.00 Quantity 1  Add to cart

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