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Hopi Wicker Basket/plaque This Hopi wicker plaque is a one of a kind item; more common are geometric patterns, but this depicts a kachina motif.
Hopi basketry is both used ceremonially and sold as an art form. Woven today much the same as it might have been centuries ago, the tools used are a knife, an awl, and the hands of the weaver. The Kachina depicted on this basket is a Koshare (or Koyaala or Hano clown)
This plaque is 12 1/2\" in diameter
In order for a clown to perform meaningful social commentary via humor, the clown\'s identity must usually be concealed. The sacred clowns of the Pueblo people, however, do not employ masks but rely on body paint and head dresses. These individuals present themselves with black and white horizontal stripes painted on their bodies and faces, paint black circles around the mouth and eyes, and part their hair in the center and bind it in two bunches which stand upright on each side of the head and are trimmed with corn husks.
