subject: Masterpiece Investments [print this page] Pueblo men weave with cotton on upright loomsPueblo men weave with cotton on upright looms. Their mantas and sashes are typically made for ceremonial use for the community, not for outside collectors.
Beginning of a Chilkat blanket, woven by Elsie Gale Stewart-Burton (Haida), Ketchikan, Alaska
The Calusa peoples occupied the southern areas of Florida before European contact, and created carvings of animals.
The Seminoles are best known for their textile creations, especially patchwork clothing. Doll-making is another notable craft.
The West
Masterpiece Investments Management: Yurok women's basketry caps, Northern California
A complex technique called "doubleweave," which involves continuously weaving both an inside and outside surface is shared by the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chitimacha, Tarahumara, and Venezuelan tribes. Mike Dart, Cherokee Nation, is a contemporary practitioner of this technique. The Tarahumara, or Raramuri, of Copper Canyon, Mexico typically weave with pine needles and sotol. Yanomamo basket weavers of the Venezuelan Amazon paint their woven tray and burden baskets with geometric designs in charcoal and onto, a red berry. While in most tribes the basket weavers are often women, among the Waura tribe in Brazil, men weave baskets. They weave a wide range of styles, but the largest are called mayaku, which can be two feet wide and feature tight weaves with an impressive array of designs.
