Madeline Lamson splicing mooho (yucca) for a coiled basket

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Basket weaver Madeline Lamson of Shungopovi in her home splices yucca for a large coiled basket. Two finished coiled plaques sit behind her. Next to her sits the mooho (yucca) plant she has harvested to make this basket. Scanned on a Nikon Supercool Scan 9000 at 4000 DPI. Photoshop was used to clean up dust specks via cloning and reformatted from TIFF to JPEG. Digitizing Technician: Michael William Jenkins.

People: 
Madeline Lamson
Location: 
Location Description: 

Shungopavi (Ariz.); Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)

Protocol: 
Photograph Collection Open Access, Hopi Tribe Open Access
Community: 
Photograph Collection, Hopi Tribe
Category: 
Lands and Ecological Knowledge, Pottery and Basketry
Keywords: 
Labor, Society and Culture
Collections: 
Selected Photographs from Helga Teiwes’ Hopi Basket Weaving Project
Creator: 
Helga Teiwes
Rights: 
Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona
Source: 
Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona
Identifier: 
85521_scan001-adj_resize.jpg
Subject: 
Weaving--Technique, Hopi baskets, Basket making, Coiled baskets, Plaques, plaquettes, Yucca
Type: 
Still Image
Format: 
Black-and-white photographs, JPG