COIL PLAQUES

 

Coil plaques and baskets are made on Second Mesa Villages, women of these three villages have the gift of making coil plaques and baskets. The teaching and art of making plaques is customary, from mother to daughter. In the past, majority of the females knew how to make plaques, today not all women make plaques. Weaving is usually done on seasonal basis usually through the winter months.

From spring to summer, weaving of coil plaques are at there lowest productions. Galletta grasses and yucca are harvested in the late summer and are then processed for weavings. The dyeing of these stripped yucca is then processed with some natural and man made dyes. Some coloring is done by natural drying from snow and other natural elements.

The designs and pictures you see are mainly of kachinas, animals, colored corn, rain clouds, flowers and other designs that are of importance to the Hopi people.

Many of the coil plaques are collector items. By origin, they are also believed to be used by men, journeying to the next world after death.

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1. Roberta Namingha, Shongopavi Village, Spider and Bear Strap Clan. Full Hopi. I have been making plaques and baskets for at least 49 years. I have attended a number of shows and have won numerous awards, my work has been become collector items.
2. Ruby LoVell Saufkie, Shongopavi Village, Sun Forehead Clan. Coiled plaques and baskets. I learned my crafts from my mother Joyce Saufkie. When I made and entered one of my first basket and entered it at the Gallup Inter-tribal fair it won first place. This inspired me to do more plaques and baskets. Now I work on making plaques and baskets as my full time livelihood.
3. Joyce Saufkie, Shongopavi Village, Water Clan. Full Hopi. I learned to make plaques at a young age of 15 years. After I got initiated into the Lalkan society. I have been doing plaques, baskets and yucca baskets off and on for quite some time. I first attended a show in Santa Fe, NM in 1982, since then I have focused on making coil plaques and such. I have attended several shows and have won numerous awards. I make collector items which are heavily sought. My products and personal information has been published in several books. I depend on this for my living and hope to make steady income and make more clients.
4. Rita Nuvangyaoma, Sipaulovi Village, Sun Forehead Clan. I started making plaques and baskets at about the age of 16 years old. I learned from my mother Alta Seyesnema. I have depended upon my coil and basket making as my primary source of income. I sell my products to local, tourist and collectors. I have demonstrated at the Hopi Show in Sedona, AZ. I also make yucca sifter baskets. Most of designs portray Hopi symbols, such as kachinas, corn, rain clouds, turtles, flowers, and such. I hope this type of marketing will open doors for new opportunities.
5. Daisy Dennis, Sipaulovi Village, Sun Forehead Clan. I am of the Sun Forehead Clan, I learned to weave from my grandmother Alta, she started me on one small basket at the age of 8 or 9. I went away to school and afterward I started back on it, till now. I weave small to large plaques and some baskets, my designs are simple and some I make up as I go. I would like to get what I put into my work. Most of work is sold to Sedona and New Mexico.
6. Margaret Pacheco, Sipaulovi Village, Sun Forehead Clan. I like to make baskets and try different styles, but I have my own designs that tell their own stories. I have been making baskets since I was 9 years old. I am now starting to attend arts & crafts shows. I sell to private collectors and galleries in New Mexico. I do demonstrations for schools and galleries. I am interested in doing demonstrations in other parts of the country. I hope this will be a success, which will help us locally, and we will not have to travel far to market our crafts.
7. Frieda Yoyhoeoma, Sipaulovi Village, Sun Forehead Clan. I have started making coiled plaques and sifter baskets when I was 16 years old. I have done demonstration work for tourist and visitors to Hopi. I am interested in doing these types of activities. My business is done with local people, tourist and collectors of my art. I will try this new type of marketing for promotional and hope to increase my price in my crafts.
8. Karrie Yohoeoma, Sipaulovi Village, Sun Forehead Clan. I started at the age of 21. I guess it is something that I had to learn before I get older. It is very time consuming and takes a lot of hard work. As for me it takes time to come up with designs, because I am sort of new to this.
9. Retta L. Adams, Shongopavi Village, Spider and Bear Strap Clan. I have been making baskets for about 40 years. I am known for making large baskets with full figure kachinas. I have won first prize and blue ribbons at the Gallup Ceremonials and other Indian Markets in the past for my large coil plaques. I hope this will make my work as competitive and reasonable in price to galleries and other retail stores.
10. Elene Atokuku, Shongopavi Village, Water Clan. I make coil plaques, baskets and wicker baskets. I also make jewelry. I started making baskets when I was about 6 years old. I learned from my mother. Two of my miniatures came out on the Arizona Highway Magazine in the 1996 issue and the 1998 calendar. One basket I made about 36" in diameter made honorable mention at the Hopi Show in Flagstaff Museum, in 1995. I learned to make jewelry at the Hopi Guild.

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