Pootsaya: Bridging Divides in Basketry
School for Advanced Research 660 Garcia Street, Santa Fe, NM, United States2014 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Fellow at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) Iva Honyestewa (Hopi, Diné) discusses pootsaya baskets, which combine both coil and sifter methods of basketry. Iva, who developed this unique technique while in residence at SAR, shares how her basket making practice has evolved over the past decade.