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- Beargrass (Nolina microcarpa)
Common names: Beargrass Scientific name: Nolina microcarpa Description: Beargrass is a large clumping grass with narrow fibrous leaves. Dye: None. Other uses: Widely used in basket and/or mat weaving. - Wedding Basket
Cultural Period: Navajo Description: Typical Navajo wedding basket with a star design down in black and red. Dimensions: 12 1/2 W x 3 1/2 D (inches). Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument. - Basket-weave Loop
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Yucca basket-weave loop of unknown function. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3298). - Pima Woman with Kioho
Subject: A Pima woman carrying a kioho, or burden basket. Date: Ca. 1901-1931 Collection: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. - Charred Basket Fragments
Description: Two charred rod-and-bundle basket fragments and a charred coiled basket fragment. The rod-and-bundle fragments have 4-5 sticks per bundle, with stitches averaging 10 per inch in a close tight weave. The twigs are typically unsplit. Dimensions: Coiled basket fragment 5 x 2 x 0.5 cm; rod-and-bundle fragments twig diam average 0.3 cm, average bundle diam 0.4 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card - rod-and-bundle, catalog card - coiled). - Hopi Sifter Basket
Description: Modern Hopi yucca sifter basket made by Louella Masayumtewa for the Tuzigoot Exhibit in 2008. Dimensions: Diam 10 3/4 x H 3 1/8 inches. 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). - Prepared Grass
Description: Prepared grass, coarsely worked and folded back on itself several times. Dimensions: L 7.2, W 6.5 , T 4.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Yavapai Carrying Basket
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). - Twilled Weave with Remnants of Cordage
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). - Pot Rest
Description: Willow pot rest. Dimensions: Diam 14, Coil diam 3.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Grant Negative 37
Subject: Baskets and woven mats, Montezuma Castle National Monument. Date: ca. mid-1940s Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Prehistoric Basketry Sifter
Description: A nearly complete basket of twilled yucca with a rim formed by turning and continued weaving of the elements of the basket itself. No foundation used. Dimensions: 14 inches rim to rim. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 31). - 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). - From Past to Present
Description: Modern Hopi basket viewed side-by-side with a prehistoric basketry sifter. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center.