Hopi Pueblo Indian Basket - Third Mesa

Southwestern American Indian Basketry

With strong colors; an outstanding large example of Hopi wicker basketry.
Very High Quality
circa 1970

13.5" diameter

Rabbit brush, sumac or willow; yucca rim wrap

Stong color; excellent condition. Wicker plaques—often colorfully dyed—are popular items among collectors of Hopi arts and crafts. They are used domestically at Hopi to hold foods, including ground corn, corn on the cob, and piki bread, and ceremonially to hold prayer sticks, prayer feathers, and bean sprouts. Wicker plaques figure prominently in Hopi wedding ceremonies and women’s ceremonial dances, and are given away at the Bean Dance and katsina dances. Both geometric forms and more representational imagery woven into wicker plaques bear symbolic significance, conveying important cultural values and beliefs.