Papago Shallow Bowl Winnowing Tray Basketry

ca. 1970

2.75" H x 11.25" D 

Hand Coiled with Yucca Field and Devils Claw Black Design with Interlocking Fingers in a Whirl Design The Motion of the Baskets Design Mimics the Actual Motion of it Being Used as a Winnowing Basket

In Very Good Condition

Papago (Tohono O'odham) shallow bowl/winnowing tray basketry is a traditional coiled baskets made by the Tohono O'odham people (historically known as the Papago), indigenous to the Sonoran Desert regions of southern Arizona and northern Mexico. These shallow, wide forms—often called trays, plaques, or shallow bowls—were multifunctional utilitarian items in early (pre-20th century and early 20th century) Tohono O'odham/Papago culture.