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Tarahumara Multi-Toned Sotol Basket

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Tribes - Mexican Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:30.00 - 60.00 USD
Tarahumara Multi-Toned Sotol Basket
Tarahumara Multi-Toned Sotol Basket, measures 3'' x 4'', FYI: ''The Rar muri (Tarahumara) live in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Southwest Chihuahua, Mexico. They are subsistence farmers raising traditional varieties of corn, beans, and squash. Many aspects of their lives have changed little over the past 1,000 years, and closely resemble the prehistoric Mogollon Culture of Southern New Mexico and Arizona. Rar muri artists make sotol and pine needle basketry, single and double-woven,Their baskets and crafts utilize locally available raw materials found in Chihuahua's deep tropical canyons and vine and Apache pine tree covered mountain ranges.''