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    Posted 7 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5051 items)

    I purchased this the other day as a California Indian Basket. I think it may be one of those baskets made at a mission - somewhat generic. It's a nice basket - 6.75 inches across by 3.5 inches tall. any info appreciated!

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    1. CanyonRoad, 7 years ago
      It's from southern Arizona, a traditional coiled yucca and devil's claw basket made by the Papago (now called Tohono O'odham.)
    2. billretirecoll billretirecoll, 7 years ago
      Nice find Pete, beautiful little native American basket! :^D
      I have a relative up in Oregon and she makes traditional Northern California Karuk tribe baskets, to keep the art of basket weaving alive, and teaches it as well. Thanks for posting! :^)
    3. billretirecoll billretirecoll, 7 years ago
      Here's a link to Karen's Blog on Karuk basket weaving:

      http://karukbasketmaterials.blogspot.com/

      It's very interesting, and lets you appreciate what you have even more! :^)
    4. CanyonRoad, 7 years ago
      Good information on northern California basketry materials and techniques. Keep in mind, however, that the basket in question is not from California. The blog confirms many of the reasons why. For example, this is a bundle-coiled basket, made from yucca. The Karuk make twined baskets, from Hazel or willow.

      Nor is it a so-called Mission basket, a generalized category term coined by anthropologist Alfred Kroeber in 1922 that includes baskets made by a dozen or so different tribes in the central and southern California region, along the so-called Mission Trail.

      There has been the misconception that the missionaries encouraged basket making, but the truth was exactly opposite. The purpose of the missions was to enslave workers, convert them to Christianity, and assimilate them into mainstream culture, eliminating any remnants of their own culture. So most California basket makers today would prefer that their baskets be identified by their tribal origin, such as Luiseno, Cahuilla, Gabrielino, Chemehuevi, Serrano, etc.

      But the basket here is Papago, from southern Arizona. Authentic, traditional, but not in the same class as one from California.
    5. billretirecoll billretirecoll, 7 years ago
      here's one similar and a little bigger then yours, but gives you a some more info:

      https://www.rubyplusgeorge.com/products/antique-papago-basket

      again nice one Pete! :^)
    6. Tlynnie1942 Tlynnie1942, 7 years ago
      Nice Basket! The tribe now calls itself the Tohono O'odham , it means "Desert People". They were given the name Papago by the Pima tribe, who used to fight the Tohono O'odham on a regular basis in competition. When the Spanish conquistadors came here, they heard the name the Pima had given the Tohono O'odham and pronounced it "Papago". The name stuck, it meant loosely "Bean Eaters". But now the tribe calls itself the Tohono O'odham.
    7. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 7 years ago
      I met some Tohono O'odham at a conference we had in Ecuador to formulate the Indigenous response to the Columbus celebrations - in 1991. It was an amazing encounter between Indigenous peoples from the Arctic Circle to Patagonia. I was one of the organizers.

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