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Kathryn Kooyahoema

Spider

TRIBAL AFFILIATION:
Hopi Tribe

CLASSIFICATION:

BOOTH NUMBER:
FR N 336

MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE:
The materials I used is yucca plant and galleta grass which is harvested annually. The materials require preparations before use. The yucca is stripped to workable strands; some are dyed. The yucca when ready to use are woven (wrapped) over a bundle of galleta grass and/or thinner yucca strands; this is done by continuously puncturing into the previous coil and attaching a new coil by stitching with the yucca strands around the bundled galleta grass and/or yucca strands. The dyed yucca is used to create designs. The puncturing is done with a sharp awl.