Basket with cone jingles

Native

Plant fibers, metal cones, leather

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A woven basket with a patterned design, adorned with leather strips and numerous metal cones that hang from the bottom edge. A woven basket with a patterned design, adorned with leather strips and numerous metal cones that hang from the bottom edge. For thousands of years, Native people have lived in the dry deserts of the North American Southwest, where summer temperatures can reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Indeed, the Apache and Tohono O’odham, among other Native peoples, still thrive there. Indigenous knowledge of their environment historically helped them travel great distances with little water to collect certain plants and animals. They still make gathering baskets from local plant fibers, adorned with objects that create pleasing sounds when the bas