Open Coil Serving Basket

Tohono O'odham

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Marked Down $95.00: Gallery Price $155.00

Title: Open Coil Serving Basket
Artist: Tohono O'odham
Medium: Bundle of grass foundation, over which yucca is stitched to secure the coils.
Size: 11" diameter X 2 3/4" height
Coil count: 3 per linear inch
Stitch count: 3 per linear inch (as it is an open coil configuration)
Signed: No
Date of creation: Circa 1975
Condition: Excellent. No breaks, flaws or discoloration.
Provenance: Consigned by an Arizona collector SG-3

About The Open Coil Serving Basket

The basket maker recognized that by binding the two outer coils on either side of one another, a built-in handle results without adding any flimsy character to this visually confident work of basketry. Nicely, it is footed to further stabilize its posture.

Marked Down from $125 to $95

About Tohono O'odham

Tohono O'odham basket makers are among the finest in Native America. All materials are natural, as are all the colors - no dyes are ever used. Preparing the materials and forming the baskets is a very labor-intensive process. The basketry created by this tribe is best described by Terry De Wald in his book The Papago Indians and Their Basketry. Mr. De Wald has been a trader specializing in their basketry for more than 25 years.

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