Retta Lou Adams with a large unfinished coiled basket decorated with Kachinas

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

Retta Lou Adams of Shungopovi sits with an large unfinished basket that is decorated with Kachinas. A smaller basket made by her daughter Alicia Adams sits in front. 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: 
Retta Lou Adams
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: 
86292_scan001-adj_resize.jpg
Subject: 
Weaving--Technique, Hopi baskets, Basket making, Braid, Kachinas, Coiled baskets, Yucca
Type: 
Still Image
Format: 
Black-and-white photographs, JPG