Miniature Basket of Grass and Devil’s Claw Fibers [SOLD]
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- Category: Bowls and Other Forms
- Origin: Tohono O´odham, Papago
- Medium: grass and devil’s claw fibers
- Size: 5/8” deep x 1-3/4” diameter
- Item # C3353.01 SOLD
The Tohono O’odham are indigenous Native Americans who reside primarily in the Sonoran Desert of southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Tohono O’odham means "Desert People." The federally recognized tribe is known as the Tohono O'odham Nation.
The Tohono O’odham have rejected the former name Papago, used by Europeans after being adopted by Spanish from hearing other Piman bands call them this. The Pima were competitors and referred to the people as Ba:bawĭkoʼa, meaning "eating tepary beans." That word was understood as papago by the Spanish and adopted by later English speakers.
The Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation, is a major reservation located in southern Arizona.
The Tohono O’odham are one of the only remaining Native tribes still making basketry in the age-old tradition. The basket makers gather the grasses and devil’s claw fibers for weaving. They are masters at making the finest miniature baskets.
Condition: excellent original condition
Provenance: collected in the 1960s by a resident of the Midwest
Recommended Reading: The Papago Indians and Their Baskets by Terry DeWald
- Category: Bowls and Other Forms
- Origin: Tohono O´odham, Papago
- Medium: grass and devil’s claw fibers
- Size: 5/8” deep x 1-3/4” diameter
- Item # C3353.01 SOLD
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