Centrally featured is a mudhead figure with a rattle extending from figure's proper right hand. Stepped interior border is remininescent of a Navajo wedding basket design.
Description | Centrally featured is a mudhead figure with a rattle extending from figure's proper right hand. Stepped interior border is remininescent of a Navajo wedding basket design. |
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About the Artist | (Born 1939, Hopi) Highly influential, Joyce Ann Saufkie's baskets command strong prices due to her consistently near-sculptural approach to making coiled basketry. |
Culture | American Indian, Women Artists, Hopi |
Medium | Dyed, bleached and natural yucca over bundle of grass foundation |
Size | 12 7/8" maximum diameter (excluding the hanging loop) |
Coil count | 2 1/2 coils per inch |
Stitch count | 8 stitches per inch |
Signed | Label attached along with original price 20 plus years ago |
Date of creation | Circa 1985-1990 |
Condition | Excellent to good. Natural yucca used on rim and next two rows has shifted from green to a yellow green. |
Provenance | JMB collection |