Treva Burton and Bessie Monongye collecting siváapi (rabbitbrush)

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Description: 

Treva Burton stands up after collecting the stems of siváapi (rabbitbrush). Bessy Monongya bends over to cut more sivaapi. Once gathered and treated, these stems will be used to weave baskets and plaques. 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: 
Treva Burton, Bessie Monongye
Location: 
Location Description: 

Oraib (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: 
85866_scan001-adj_resize.jpg
Subject: 
Hopi baskets, Basket making
Type: 
Still Image
Format: 
Black-and-white photographs, JPG