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ca. 1950 - 1960s 4.625" H x 5" D Hand Coiled and Made of Devil's Claw, Yellow Yucca, Yucca Root with a Pictorial Figures with Dogs Motif Design In Very Good Condition Papago Polych rome Olla Baskets are traditional coiled basketry creations by the Tohono O’odham (formerly known as Papago) people of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. These are coiled baskets, a hallmark of O’odham/Pima/Papago work. They feature a foundation (often beargrass, cattail stems, or grasses) stitched tightly with splints of willow, yucca, or similar fibers. Devil’s claw (Martynia) provides the distinctive black elements. Show more