Hopi Baskets Hopi Indian Basket weavers gather plant materials, using the natural background to contrast with their vivid designs typically in red, yellow, and black. Hopi Native American basket makers use three basic techniques: plating (cradle boards and Piki trays), wicker (Third Mesa) and coiling (Second Mesa).
Hopi Indian baskets are made from rabbit brush, sumac, dune brush and yucca. Hopi Native American Baskets are symbolic of Hopi Life past and present, religion, dances, rainmaking, corn harvest and rites of passage. The symbolism and tradition in Hopi basketry designs link each unique handmade basket to other parts of Hopi life, past and present.
In particular, basketry designs reflect aspects of Hopi religion and agriculture. For the Hopi, just as the basket's fibers are woven together, so are all the pieces of Hopi culture: none is unrelated to another.
