Drawing Split Willow Bark

Summary: 
Selected photographs from Helga Teiwes' series documenting Arizona native basketry traditions.
Description: 

Viola Taylor draws split willow bark pieces through holes in a metal can lid, so that the willow strips are all even and of the same width. The negatives in this collection were scanned on an Epson Expression 10000 XL. The file sizes range from 107.8 MB to 212.1 MB at a resolution of 1600 dpi. The original TIFF scans were converted to JPEGs using ACDSee Photo Manager 12 in March 2012. Digitizing Technician: Lana K. Tupponce.

People: 
Viola Taylor
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Location Description: 

Peridot (Ariz.)