Native American Tohono O'Odham Made Basket with Devils Claw Rim Vintage For Sale

The Papago Indians, now called Tohono O’Odham (The People of the Desert), inhabit over 50 villages within their beautiful reservation in southern Arizona. They still gather the materials for their baskets as their ancestors did.This larger basket was created by an unknown Native American Tohono O'Odham basket maker. The materials are still gathered by hand and consist of beargrass, soaptree yucca, roots of the banana yucca, and devils claw. All of the colors are natural and no dyes are used in these beautiful baskets.This Vintage Tohono O’odham Basket displays a swirling step pattern with swirling split leaf the sun dried yucca and devil’s claw securely wraps the beargrass bundle foundation.This tight bundled basket is a classic for the Tohono O'Odham. its large at 11.5"