Sadie Marks, Tohono O'odham style tray
Sadie Marks
1948-2020
Hopi
Alternative Name
Yoihongsi
Date
1994
Classification
Basket
Dimensions
14 x 14 x 2 in. (35.6 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm)
Accession Number
2018.35.35.113
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Memo / Artist Statement
"My baskets combine Hopi and Tohono O'odham tradition, but mine are a little different than other basket weavers because they have different colors. I don't dye my materials. They're from the Tohono O'odham Reservation. Banana yucca root is the red, yellow yucca, green yucca, white yucca, and devil's claw, which is black." Tucson Meet Yourself (2018) published in 'Sadie Marks Memorial' by Jennifer Juan and America Meredith, First American Art Magazine, No.28, Fall 2020: 94.
Biography
Born Sadie Tenakhongva (July 31, 1948-July 30, 2020) in Hotevilla, on the Third Mesa of the Hopi Reservation, her Native name was Yoihongsi. The renowned basket maker attended Phoenix Indian School, where she met Homer Marks of Santa Rose Village, Arizona. They married in 1968 and moved to the Tohono O'odham Nation. There, in the 1970s, her mother-in-law taught Saide how to weave in a Tohono O'odham style. Soon, she was blending the designs of her Hopi heritage and Tohono home to create a completely new style.
Marks was a founding and active member of the Tohono O'odham Basketweavers Organization, based in Sells, Arizona. Her work has received numerous awards and has been widely exhibited.
'Sadie Marks Memorial' by Jennifer Juan and America Meredith, First American Art Magazine, No.28, Fall 2020: 94.
Marks was a founding and active member of the Tohono O'odham Basketweavers Organization, based in Sells, Arizona. Her work has received numerous awards and has been widely exhibited.
'Sadie Marks Memorial' by Jennifer Juan and America Meredith, First American Art Magazine, No.28, Fall 2020: 94.
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