Tohono O'Odham Star Pattern Tray

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Tohono O'Odham Star Pattern Tray

Description

Nice little nearly flat basket with a center star pattern outlined in devil's claw, with green yucca between the star rays, circled with one band of white yucca, then a band of green yucca. The rim has spaced devil's claw whip stitches.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tohono O'odham

Native American

Dimensions

Height

13/16 in

Diameter

8-3/4 in

Material

Yucca, Yucca, Green, Devil's Claw, Bear Grass

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

Yucca, Green, Devil's Claw

Stitch Details

Regularly Split, Interlocking, Randomly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped