Mollie Talas working on a coiled basket
Summary:
Selected photographs from Helga Teiwes' series documenting Hopi basket weaving.Description:
Mollie Talas of Shungopovi works on a coiled basket; she is pulling the mooho (yucca) leaves through. A completed plaque with an eagle in the center sits beside her. 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:
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Location Description:
Shungopavi (Ariz.); Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)