Description

These baskets were made by the Tarahumara (aka Rarámuri), a native people who inhabit The Copper Canyon region of Chihuahua Mexico. Working principally with the natural resources at hand, the Tarahumara women weave baskets using needles from the Apache pine tree and the split leaves of the Sotol Cactus. Tarahumara basketry is “twilled” (the weft is passed over multiple warp elements to create a diagonal pattern) either with a single or a double weave.