Havasupai figural coiled basket
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Description
16-17 stitches per inch and 7 coils per inch
The Havasupai live in the Havasu Canyon, which adjoins the Grand Canyon. They live near other Apache and weave with the same materials (willow and devil's claw). Their designs are remarkably similar to the Yavapai but they can be distinguished by some technical details. Havasupai baskets are fairly rare, perhaps because they had limited trade with others due to the difficulty they had in getting their baskets to the top of the canyon and thus to traders. In addition, they are a fairly small tribe.
The best of the Havasupai coiled baskets were woven between 1929 and 1940 (*see book references). There were improved routes to the top of the canyon by this period and the weavers could now weave innovative and desirable baskets to be sold. Trade in American Indian baskets has always rewarded those with figural design elements, human and animal. This basket has animals (perhaps deer?) along with the traditional Havasu design of stacked diamonds.
*Leslie Spier, Havasupai ethnography: American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers v 29, pt 3, 392.p
*Barbara and Edwin McKee and Joyce Herold, Havasupai Baskets and their Makers: 1930-1940 (Northland Press, 1975), pp 6-7. -
More Information
Origin: United States, Arizona Period: 1920-1949 Materials: coiled out of willow and devil's claw Condition: New. excellent condition. Slight fading of devil's claw as is normal when the basket ages. Creation Date: 1929-1940s Styles / Movements: American Indian, Modern Patterns: Animal/Insects, Geometric, Handmade Dealer Reference #: mc2253 Incollect Reference #: 411685 -
Dimensions
H. 3.125 in; Diam. 8.0625 in; H. 7.94 cm; Diam. 20.48 cm;
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