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Collection of Tohono O'odham Hand Woven Baskets

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
Collection of Tohono O'odham Hand Woven Baskets
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Collection of 4 Tohono O'odham Hand Woven Baskets, largest measures 3''H x 11.5''W, The Tohono O'odham is a tribe of the Sonoran Desert region of present-day southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. Formerly known as the Papago, Tohono O'odham is a Uto-Aztecan word meaning 'Desert People' and is their name for themselves. A Tohono O'odham ''hoh'' or basket is made from a coil of bear grass sewn with bleached white yucca. Other materials used include green or yellow-green unbleached yucca, black from the seed pod of the devilsclaw plant and on occasion, red from the root of the Spanish or Shin Dagger. There are two styles: the split-stitch, which is used for utility or storage baskets; and covered stitch baskets, for those which are subject to more wear, like baskets for parching or winnowing.