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Native American Papago Tohono O'odham lidded basket from Arizona
$ 10.56
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Native American Papago Tohono O'odham lidded basket from southern Arizona.Perfect condition.
The Tohono O'odham (/ toʊˈhɑːnə ˈɑːtʊm / or / tɑːˈhoʊnə ˈɑːtəm /) are a Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora. Tohono O'odham means "Desert People".
Their predecessors, the Hohokam, settled along the Salt, Gila, and Santa Cruz Rivers. The Hohokam were master dwellers of the desert, creating sophisticated canal systems to irrigate their crops of cotton, tobacco, corn, beans, and squash. They built vast ball courts and huge ceremonial mounds and left behind fine red-on-buff pottery and exquisite jewelry of stone, shell, and clay.
The federally recognized tribe is known as the Tohono O'odham Nation.
This basket was purchased by me on the reservation south of Tucson many years ago but it is time for me to part with some things so the kids will not have to deal with them.
Basket is 3 1/4 inches tall and 4 inches wide.
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