Tohono O'Odham Bowl

Coiled Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Tohono O'Odham Bowl

Description

Large bowl with interesting designs consisting of five hands, five "deer paws" and nine squares/rectangles of varying sizes. The start consists of a tiny knot of devil's claw.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tohono O'odham
Native American

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Diameter

13 in

Dimension Notes

bowl is somewhat lopsided- 13" is max diameter

Material

Yucca, Grass, Devil's Claw

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Coiled Start Type

Knotted

Coiled Start Material

Devil's Claw

Coiled Finish Type

Overcast Whipstitch

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Grass

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Yucca

Design Stitch Material

Devil's Claw

Stitch Details

Regularly Split, Interlocking, Randomly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped

Coiled Contruction Notes

The basket start is interesting in that it is a tiny knot of devil's claw.