Multicolored Hopi Coiled Pueblo Basket Plaque

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Multicolored Hopi Coiled Pueblo Basket Plaque

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Sold Date: 09/30/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Contemporary Hopi coiled basket plaque.

Hopi Baskets
From their mesas in north-eastern Arizona, the HOPI create baskets of remarkable quality and variety. Baskets are a central way of Hopi life, as they are used during ceremonial dances, weddings and other important events. Hopi basketry can often be distinguished from other traditions by their use of deep, bright color.

History: Although basketry does not appear as abundantly as pottery in the archaeological record, many pieces have been uncovered that suggest connections between Hopi and other cultures of the southwestern United States. Hisatsinom , Hohokam, and Mogollon cultures, pre-historic peoples of the Southwest, are likely influences upon the Hopi.

Coiled Hohokam and Mogollon baskets share similar construction with Hopi coiled baskets. These types of Hohokam, Mogollon, and Hopi baskets are woven by wrapping bundles of plant material with a single piece of plant fiber. Other cultures of the Southwest use(d) rods instead of bundles, and today Pimans and Papagos along with Hopis are the only ones in the Southwest who still employ the bundled coiling method.

Techniques: Three basic techniques, plaiting, wicker, and coiling, are employed by Hopi basket weavers. More than one method is sometimes used in making a single basket, providing an array of visual effects.

Each technique calls for certain plant materials. Wicker baskets are made from sivaapi (rabbit brush) and suuvi (sumac), while plaited baskets are made from siwi (dune brush) and suuvi . Coiled baskets are woven with mo:'vi (yucca) and sivaapi . Other organic materials are sometimes used as substitutes, but all are gatd from the natural vegetation in northern Arizona. Basketry specialization between the Hopi mesas probably occurred in the 1800s. Coiled baskets became the speciality of Second Mesa, and wicker became the speciality of Third Mesa. These specializations remain, although plaiting is in use throughout the mesas. In this way, all Hopi basketry shares a distinct style grounded in Hopi tradition stretching back many centuries into the past.

I purchased this piece 20 years at a gallery on the Second Mesa.

No signature.

The size is 10.4" in diameter..

In very good condition. No stains, holes, breaks, mold, etc.

Note the colors are not entirely accurate. The center color is a grape purple with some reddish highlights.

The colors are from the inside out: grape purplish with a bit of red(center) , black and white in the next band, yellow, pinkish red, light green, orange, grayish brown, natural, black, orange and green, and a black rim.

Comes from a smoke free home.

Guaranteed Hopi, satisfaction guaranteed.