A plaited, green mooho (yucca) mat for a sifter basket

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Summary: 
Selected photographs from Helga Teiwes' series documenting Hopi basket weaving.
Description: 

This is the green mooho (yucca) mat for a sifter basket that Annabelle Nequatewa of Shungopovi is making using the plaiting technique. The suuvi (sumac) ring sits in the center ready to be used to help bend the yucca strands to shape the basket. The undyed tips of the yucca strands can also be seen sticking out of all four sides. 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: 
Annabelle Nequatewa
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
Contributor: 
Helga Teiwes
Rights: 
Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona
Source: 
Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona
Identifier: 
86271_scan001-adj_resize.jpg
Subject: 
Weaving--Technique, Hopi baskets, Basket making, Sumac, Braid, Yucca
Type: 
Still Image
Format: 
Black-and-white photographs, JPG