"Tule 'Star' Woven Hanging"
Date: 2009
Dimensions:Overall: 165.1 x 7.7 x 53.5 cm (65 x 3 1/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Medium: yucca | cedar ~ salt | reed ~ tule | grass ~ Sedge | bark ~ cedar ~ red | wood
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2009.
Object Number: SAR.2009-5-1
DescriptionThis is a woven basketry wall hanging. It is made of a combination of Southwest and Northwest basketry materials. The basketry work is suspended from a commercial wooden dowel at the top edge of the piece. The background, or warp, is made of tule reed (also known as bullrush), ending in a V-shape at the bottom edge. A round "star" element near the top is made of twined yucca. A cross-shaped element extends the length of the piece (and approx. 4 inches beyond at the upper edge) on its vertical axis and is made of salt cedar (also known as tamarisk). The horizontal axis of the cross shape is almost as wide as the warp. The two axis are held together using a Hopi basket start technique. A small coiled spiral attached to the cross shape is made of salt cedar. The bottom-most section of the weaving features a braided band made of red cedar bark. A rope-like element meandering from the top edge to the bottom edge of the piece is made of twisted tule reed.
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