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This older Tohono O'odham basket has a saguaro harvest scene on it --an activity that is happening right now-- gathering the fruit to make seed cakes, syrup and saguaro wine for a very special rain-bringing ritual called Nawait that is still observed at at least one village.   Made in the 1960s, it measures 10 by 10.5 inches.   $875. |
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Fred Cruz made this horse and wagon,   or as one elderly lady from San Pedro village once told me "that was our version of an RV!"   10.5 inches long and 4 inches high.   $300. |
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Esther Lopez, originally from Ak Chin, brought in this basket, which measures
12.5 by 1.5 inches and has 3 coils per inch, $425.   Esther's mother, grandmother and
aunt all wove very nice baskets, and it is from them she learned and was
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![]() A maze basket by Doris Jose, 8.5 by 1 inch ,larger than usual for her.   The coils start out at 5 coils per inch, but get wider and stronger towards the rim.   $400. |
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Doris Jose wove this wonderful maze basket with the friendship dancers in black from ihuk and red from the root of the shin dagger yucca, called oo-edock in O'odham.   It measure 11 inches across and is $675.   |
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Doris Jose woven this 10 inch diameter turtle basket with both covered stitch and split stitch work.   $145.   |
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This basket design was described by the weaver, Phyliss Jones, as being "four dogs barking at a cat".   It measures 13 inches across, priced at $300.   Phyliss, who was born in Fresnal Village at the foot of the Baboquivari Mountains in 1960, has been weaving since age 7, learning from her mother and grandmother.   When talking about her work and why she weaves, she said, "making baskets keeps my mind clear." |
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