247 Baskets
send this to a friendArcheologists have discovered baskets in the American Southwest dating as far back as 6000 BC. Baskets, tightly woven from local materials such as yucca, beargrass, devil's claw, willow and sumac, were used for cooking and storing food, and to hold water, while traditional geometric designs have social or religious significance. The Navajo, who inhabit the four corners area, weave patterns into their ceremonial wedding baskets that represent the cycles of life by alternating colors. From the center, which is white, representing birth, the weave becomes black which means struggle and pain. The weave then becomes red, representing marriage and the mixing of two bloods and, then, again black, representing death. A white line from the center to the rim of the basket reminds us that no matter how much darkness we encounter, there is always a pathway to light.
The Pima and Tohono O'Odham people who inhabit Southern Arizona, are known for weaving conceptual maps into their baskets. In many designs the center indicates a source of water and the lines radiating out represent streams. Our design incorporates representations of the imagery and texture of the basketry art that has endured in the Southwest for thousands of years.
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