Tohono O'Odham Handled Basket

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Tohono O'Odham Handled Basket

Description

Fancy basket made for the tourist trade. In very good shape, aside from two stains in the interior base.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tohono O'odham

Native American

Dimensions

Height

8-3/4 in

Diameter

8-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Height to top of basket rim is 5"; diameter at base is 6 1/4".

Materials

Material

Yucca, Devil's Claw, Bear Grass

Material Notes

Yucca includes primarily white but some green.

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Yucca, Bear Grass

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Bear Grass

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Yucca

Design Stitch Material

Devil's Claw, Yucca, Green

Stitch Details

Regularly Split, Interlocking, Regularly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped