Pima Tray

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Pima Tray

Description

Very nice old Pima tray with spiraling designs. It also has an unusual ticking done in the last coil of the start with alternating dark and light devil's claw.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Akimel O'odham

Native American

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Diameter

11-3/4 in

Material

Willow, Devil's Claw, Cattail Leaf

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Knotted

Coiled Start Material

Devil's Claw, Cattail Leaf

Coiled Finish Type

Overcast Whipstitch

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Cattail Leaf

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Willow

Design Stitch Material

Devil's Claw

Stitch Details

Irregularly Split, Interlocking, Regularly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Tucked