Woven basket

Native American Papago Woven Basket 14 inches long by 7inches wide by 4 inches tall This Authentic Amazing Artistry Basket is in Perfect Vintage Collector Condition The Papago, now called Tohono O'Odham (the people of the desert) inhabit over 50 villages within their beautiful reservation in southern Arizona. Here they still gather the materials for their baskets as their ancestors did. This authentic piece of American Indian art consists of two parts: the wrap (or inner roll) is made of beargrass; the weft (or design) is harvested either from the soaptree yucca cactus (green and white), the pod of the devils claw (black), or the roots of the bananna yucca cactus (red). All the colors occur naturally; no dyes are utilized