Basket

Akimel O'odham (Pima) baskets were multi-purpose household items. They incorporated geometric designs such as the step pattern seen on this basket. Typically these baskets would be made of grasses, rushes, willow, cattails and/or devil’s claw. Devil’s Claw is so durable that it will out-wear other strong fibers including willow. Cattails, the primary plant used in the basket's foundation, are twisted with the black strands of devil's claw.