Almarie Masayestewa adding siwi (dune broom) strips to a wicker plaque

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Almarie Masayestewa of Hotevilla adds siwi (dune broom) strips in the corners by pushing them between the siváapi (rabbitbrush) weave. The strips have been sharpened to a point with a knife. 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.

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Hotevilla-Bacavi (Ariz.)