The Hopi weave three types of baskets:
Hopi coiled basket or poota, is a style which is made only in the villages on Second Mesa. It is woven of galleta grass/sühü and sewn with yucca/ (Yucca angustisima) called mooho in Hopi.
Willow wicker baskets are known as yungyapu in Hopi. A shallow wicker basket or plaque is called a yungyapngölökpu. It is woven of sumac (rhus trilobata), called suuvi in Hopi and rabbit brush (chrysothamnus), called siváapi.
A Hopi yucca sifter - called tutsaya in the Hopi language - is woven from the leaves of the yucca angustissima or narrow-leaf yucca, called mootsoki in Hopi. It is the only style woven on all three mesas.
Baskets remain an important part of Hopi life and the Hopi themselves are the biggest customers for Hopi baskets
Iva Honyestewa. Born in 1964 she is of the Bear Clan from the village of Songóopavi on Second Mesa. In 2014 she was awarded the Eric and Barbara Dobkin Artist Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her Bear Clan name is Howynum. She was the first to combine the tutsaya or yucca sifter basket technique with the tsukvota or coiled basketry method.
A large basket by Iva. 16 inches and $875.
Four antelope heads are in the center of this basket. 12 inches and $525.
This beautiful Hopi sifter basket was made by Iva Honyestewa. The shell is made of a small sifter basket attached to the larger one.
It is 15 inches in diameter and SOLD. (Tucson)
Tis coiled basket (~60 years old) is graced with four images of the Anakchina - LongHair - that represents the summer rains. 8.5 by 10 inches. 3 coils per inch. Excellent condition. $1200 (TUCSON)
The plaque on the left is 8.5 inches and SOLD, while the one on the right is just under 8 inches and $200. (TUCSON)
The four sides of a small handled basket that features two Qöqölö katsinas and two antelope. 3.5 inches high and 5.5 inches in diameter. $350 (TUCSON)
Three views of a beautiful basket with rain clouds and Angwusanomtaqa or Crow Mother. This basket is 7.5 inches by 10.5 inches tall. $1,275. (TUCSON)
The basket on the left is an older oval basket with a Koyemsi or mudhead. Just over 11 inches and $400. A large plaque with a Koyemsi mana and corn. 14.5 inches and $875. The plaque with the star-like motif measures 14” across and is $675. (ALL IN TUCSON)
The pattern on this wicker plaque is a traditional sash belt. Woven about 50 years ago, it measures 11.5 inches across and is SOLD. (TUCSON)
This coil basket was made some years ago. 9.75 inches and $325.(TUCSON)
This huge basket features four katsinas, including 2 crow mothers. 14 inches high and 16 inches in diameter. SOLD. (TUCSON)
This wicker is 9.75 inches and SOLD. (TUCSON)
The willow wicker plaque above is 10 inches across and $150. (TUCSON)
A rectangular sifter basket. This one is 15.5 inches by 12 inches and is 2.5 inches deep. $110 (TUCSON)
A colorful flat sifter basket by Bretta Sekayumptewa that features a Palhikwmana. (Butterfly Maiden). 12 inches and $240. Next is an unusual pictorial sifter basket by Ludean Silas. This one is almost flat and features a Kokopelli. 10 inches and $220. Last is a yucca sifter basket that measures 11 inches across and is $75. (Tucson)
The basket at left has raincloud motifs and was woven about 30 years ago. 6.5 high and 10 inches across. SOLD. The next two are about 60 years old. The middle basket is 5.25 by 8.5 inches and $375. Two photos of an antelope motif basket. 4 inches by 5 inches and $220. (ALL IN TUCSON)
Two vintage coiled plaques featuring Angwusanomtaqa or Crow Mother with cloud motifs. The one at left measures 11 inches and is SOLD (Santa Fe) while the one at right is 12 inches and $675. (Tucson)
In this row we have three really nice large plaques. The first one has an eagle in the center and measures 1 inches. SOLD. In the middle is one featuring mudheads and antelopes. 11.5” and $875. Lastly a really great basket with antelopes in the center. 14.5” and $1,275. (ALL IN TUCSON)
