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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11183251, member: 8267&quot;]I would like to see a straight on view of the outside of the base start, but I would tentatively say yes, Tohono O&#039;odham. Their starting knot at the center of the coil is usually a form of 4-way knot that can look like a small square checkerboard on one face and sort of pinwheel on the other. The materials used in their baskets are split &quot;bear grass&quot; (Nolina microcarpa - actually not a grass but a relative of yucca and agave) for the foundation coil, stitched with split yucca leaves (Yucca elata). One of their typical stitches is the &quot;split stitch&quot;, and the more decorative version known as the &quot;wheat stitch&quot; is what is on your little basket. The direction of coiling is usually counter clockwise when viewed from the working surface (the side facing the weaver), which would have been the outside bottom of your basket.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I hesitate is because I have started to see some coiled split-stitch baskets being made of date palm from Pakistan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some views of a Tohono-O&#039;odham basket of mine for comparison. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538228[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]538229[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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