- Havasupai Burden Basket, Interior
Description: Havasupai burden basket found near Pasture Wash by a CCC enrollee and turned over to the Museum; precise location of the original find is unknown, but the basket was reportedly lying on the surface and partially buried. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16592). - Matting and Basket Fragments
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: This mount contains the remains of three different perishable artifacts. The upper left is a rim fragment of a wicker basket. Laurie Webster, of the University of Arizona, describes this basket as having a 1/1 interlaced weave structure with a multiple-element warp, and a rim selvage with 360 degree wrapping around a group of perhaps four twigs. Each warp twig is 1.5 - 1.8 mm in diameter, and the warp channel is approximately 2.0 cm wide. The weft consists of a single twig, 1.0 mm in diameter. There are eight rows of weft per cm. The second artifact (bottom left) consists of the partial base of a wickerwork basket identified by Laurie Webster as having a 1/1 interlacing weave structure with a multiple-element warp. Of the six warp channels in the outermost row of the basket, three contain two twigs and four contain three twigs. The average width of the warp channels is 2.0 cm. The diameter of each warp twig is approximately 2.0 mm, and each weft twig is between 1.5 and 2.0 mm. The basket has seven weft rows per cm. Archaeobotanist Karen Adams identified the raw material as possibly oak (Quercus sp.). A brown substance with off-white specks adhering to the upper surface of the basket may be food residue. The fragments on the right are part of a large, deteriorated, consolidated mat-like object. Laurie Webster identified the weave structure as 1/1 plaiting, and Karen Adams identified the raw material as five-to-ten year old split oak (Quercus sp.) stems. The warp elements are 4.0-6.0 mm in diameter and spaced about 2.0 cm apart, and the weft elements are about 6.0 mm wide and spaced about 2.0 cm apart. Dimensions: 4.5 cm-long by 5.5 cm-wide (upper left); 7.3 cm by 11.0 cm (bottom left); 9.0 cm long and 21.0 cm wide (largest fragment on the right). Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Matting Fragment
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Laurie Webster, of the University of Arizona, identified this artifact as a coarse plaited wicker mat-like object. The warp elements are 5.0-6.0 mm in diameter and 1.5-2.0 cm apart, and the weft elements are 5.0-6.0 mm wide and 5.0-6.0 mm apart. Archaeobotanist Karen Adams identified the raw material as five-to-ten year old split oak (Quercus sp.) stems. Dimensions: 16.0 cm long and 16.5 cm wide. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Coiled Basket Fragments
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Fragments of a close-coiled basketry bowl identified by Laurie Webster, of the University of Arizona, as having a two-rod and bundle foundation and non-interlocking stitches. The rods are 2.0 mm in diameter, and the stitches average 1.5 mm in width. The weave density is two to three rows and five to six stitches per cm. Archaeobotanist Karen Adams identified the rods and stitches as sumac (Rhus sp., probably , aromatic, and the bundle (technically a welt in this basket) appears to be a twisted yucca leaf. Dimensions: 6.5 long x 21.0 wide cm, 4.0 wide x 16.0 long cm, 3.8 wide x 16.8 long cm, and 2.5 long x 13.0 wide cm. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 17, Fill. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Woven Yucca Matting
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Woven yucca matting from Wupatki Pueblo. The fragment is woven with a simple over-and-under pattern, and was likely part of a sleeping mat. Note: The sheen on the matting fragment derives from a preservative treatment applied to protect the piece from insects and rot. Dimensions: 13.0 cm (L) x 10.0 cm (W) x 0.3 cm (T) (5.12 x 3.94 x 0.12 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Patterned Yucca Basket Fragments
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Patterned basket fragments woven from yucca and found in Wupatki Pueblo. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Coiled Yucca Basket
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Wupatki Pueblo, A.D. 1130 – A.D. 1260) Description: Coiled yucca basket from a room in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: 14.6 cm diameter (5.75 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument (catalog card). - Coiled Rods from Baskets
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Coiled rods from baskets. Proveniences unknown. Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Twilled Weave, Close-up
Description: Yucca matting made with a twilled weave with a piece of cordage attached to the matting. The cord is made of 2 z-spun yarns s-twisted together. At one end a very short length of another cord is attached with a square knot and the loose ends were then twisted back around the cord. Dimensions: 8 3/4 in by 7 in. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Sifter Basket
Description: Fragment of a plaited basket (also known as a ring basket or a sifter) made from split yucca leaves. This basket has four plaits per inch in a 3/3/1 pattern plaited at a 75 degree angle. Dimensions: 29.5 x 27.5 cm, average width of the plaits is 0.66 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Havasupai Burden Basket, Rim Detail
Description: Havasupai burden basket found near Pasture Wash by a CCC enrollee and turned over to the Museum; precise location of the original find is unknown, but the basket was reportedly lying on the surface and partially buried. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: Grand Canyon National Park (Catalog No. GRCA 16592). - Yucca Basketry
Description: Fragment of basketry made from yucca. Dimensions: 1 5/8 inches across. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 57). - Modern Hopi Ring Basket
Description: Modern Hopi ring basket/sifter. Dimensions: Approximately 34 cm diameter. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1557). - Pot Rest
Description: Woven yucca pot rest. Dimensions: 2.6 cm tall; Diam 12.3 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1747). - Yavapai Carrying Basket, Rim Detail
Description: Yavapai carrying basket with burden twined warps (0.3 cm diam, 9/2.5 cm, with 7-8 at edge) and wefts (10-12/2.5 cm). The rim selvage consists of warp elements bent over and sewn (6 stitches per 2.5 cm) as a bundle (0.8 cm diam) with a splint about the same size at the weft elements. Dimensions: 1st piece 3-4.2 x 23.5, Diam. 1.2 cm; 2nd piece-33.7 x 26 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).