Basket weaving across central Arizona’s high deserts and valleys remains a foundational art form and living cultural archive. Among the Yavapai, baskets have long served as essential vessels for daily use and profound markers of meaning. Each intricately coiled piece—crafted from willow, devil’s claw, cottonwood, sumac, or cattail—tells a story of place, ancestry, and communal ingenuity.

Within the highlands of Central Arizona, the Yavape’ (Northwestern Yavapai) established an outstanding tradition, providing the primary source of historic baskets in regional collections and at the Sharlot Hall Museum. ×

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