Description: Willow & Devil’s Claw over 3-Rod Foundation (c.1930) | Dimensions:  16” Diameter

Description: Willow & Devil’s Claw over Three-Rod Foundation (Circa 1915) | Diameter: 15”

This circa 1915 Yavapai 15” Diameter Tray features a four-part star in the center, four crosses, eight men, four horses, four dogs (or small deer) at the rim. It was woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Willow and devil’s claw over three-rod foundation (Circa 1930) | Dimensions: 8”h x 12”w

This intricately woven Yavapai bowl contains forty two positive/negative dogs and eagles and shows a seven-pointed star at its base. It is woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Willow and Devil’s Claw (Circa 1910) | Dimensions: 19” Diameter

This circa 1910 Yavapai Oval Tray features a negative six-pointed star radiating out from its center. Surrounding the star is heavy checking, then six women and beyond them, almost in the distance, are three male figures at the rim. It is woven with willow and devil’s claw, over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Willow, devil’s claw over three-rod foundation (c. 1910)) | 15” Diameter

This 15” negative black field Yavapai Tray shows an expanded checkered Maltese cross in the center and a row of compacted rectangles beneath the perimeter with alternating dark, light and checkered triangles contained within the rectangles. It is woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.



The EBC Basket Collection contains baskets primarily woven in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. And these early American Indian baskets were woven initially for purely utilitarian purposes … grain was stored inside them, wine was served from them, games were played on them and stories were woven in them.

Description: Willow & Devil’s Claw over Three-Rod Foundation (Circa 1910) | Dimensions: 14”h x 15”w

A five-pointed star at the base of this 14”h x 15”w Yavapai Olla basket extends and forms five rows of linked negative vertical diamonds with pairs of coyote tracks in each, interspaced with five rows showing three deer in each, four of these having two bucks and one doe, the fifth having three bucks. Woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation, circa 1910.

Description: Willow and Devil’s Claw over a three-rod foundation (1900) | Dimensions: 20” Diameter

This 20” classic positive/negative Yavapai tray, circa 1900, starts with a six-pointed black star over a black field then expands to feature a row of two men, horses, fowl, and finally four additional men and two whirling logs near the rim. Willow, devil’s claw over three-rod foundation.

Description: Basket, circa 1920 | Dimensions: 20”h x 19”w

This Yavapai Olla, circa 1920, is 20”h x 19”w. It features diagonal zigzags on the base and a heavy terraced black and red horizontal line supports women, dogs, and men. Above them are small polychrome children inside “I” elements. Just above the shoulder are striking polychrome crosses, and above them are more polychrome men and small boys spaced between vertically stacked coyote tracks. Ticking is seen at the rim and it is woven with willow, devil’s claw, and yucca over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Willow, devil’s claw over three-rod foundation (c.1920) | Dimensions: 18 ½” Diameter

This Yavapai Tray (c.1920) has a “target” center surrounded by a checkered, eight-pointed star that expands into diamonds and is linked by another star at its rim. Inside each diamond at the rim are two dogs, a human figure and an arrowhead. Below this row are eight diamonds with two dogs and an arrowhead in each. This tray is woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Willow & Devil’s Claw (c.1890) | Dimensions: 22 ¼”

This outstanding 22 ¼” Yavapai tray, c. 1890, shows a wide, dark four-pointed star that expands with four large negative areas rising to the rim. Two of these negative areas have two human figures, two coyote tracks, and a cross and the two others show paired coyote tracks and paired dogs. Four whirling logs, four stylized and doubled whirling logs and four coyote tracks balance the motif. Willow, devil’s claw over three-rod foundation.

Description: Basket (c.1900) | Dimensions: 16 ½” diameter

This 16 ½” diameter Yavapai polychrome figured tray, circa 1900, presents with six negative bold bands zigzagging to the rim with each containing a whirling log, a pair of dogs looking backward toward their tails, and three partial coyote tracks. Gracing the perimeter are three men, three women in fringed dresses and three more partial coyote tracks of yucca root. The tray is woven with willow, devil’s claw and yucca over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Willow & Devil's Claw | Dimensions: 12” Diameter

This finely woven Yavapai Apache 12” tray, circa 1890, presents an optical illusion pattern consisting of ten sections of positive/negative horizontal bands offset from one another forming a spider web effect. It was woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Basket (Circa 1910) | Dimensions: 19” Diameter

This 19” Yavapai tray is complex. The checkered four-pointed star expands outward and shows four horses in the center and four larger horses at the rim which are situated between four snake bands. It was woven with willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Basket (Circa 1920), Willow & Devil's Claw | Dimensions: Diameter 17”

A 17” Yavapai Tray, circa 1920, features an expanding positive/negative rosette or star design that begins with six-points at the base, another in the middle featuring six human figures and two large dogs, then six more human figures at the rim with twelve dogs balanced between six negative coyote tracks. It is constructed of willow and devil’s claw over a three-rod foundation.

Description: Basket (Circa 1910) | Dimensions: 23 ½”h x 20 ½”d

This impressive basket is a classic example of Yavapai weaving. Seven horizontal bands of positive/negative triangles show alternating human and dog figures. The humans are done in willow against a black devil’s claw field with willow coyote tracks in the upper corners and the dogs are woven in devil’s claw against a willow triangular field. The shape, size and balance are a lasting tribute to this unknown Yavapai artist. Willow, Devil’s Claw over three-rod foundation.