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Hopi Third Mesa Wicker Plaque with Concentric Circles, 13”, c. 1930
$ 118.8
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Description
Hopi Third Mesa Wicker Plaque with Concentric Circles, 13” diameter.Medium: Willow, scrub sumac, rabbit brush, dye
C. 1930; g
ood condition, with fading.
Basketmakers at Hopi specialize in two styles of weaving. At the Second Mesavillages, the basket makers used bundles of rabbit grass surrounded by splityucca leaves. At Third Mesa villages, they used willow, scrub sumac and rabbitbrush.
ThirdMesa baskets are dyed with aniline dyes, usually in bright colors that fadeduring daily exposure to light.
ThisThird Mesa plaque is a style used in women’s social dances, during plazaceremonies where baskets were thrown down on the men in the plaza by women fromrooftops, and as payment to the family of the groom for their effort in weavingall the future bride’s clothes. The groom’s family then sold the baskets forreimbursement.