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Written by Art History Animalia on 2025-01-29 at 04:21

[#]RattlesnakeAppreciationDay :

Nehat Ennu Sewet/Basket with #snake design made by a Cahuilla or Kumeyaay Ancestor, San Ysidro, CA, before 1915

Juncus, dyed juncus, deergrass

Seen on display at the Field Museum’s “Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories” exhibition in 2022

“My Univash/teacher, Donna Largo, had this story about a rattlesnake who was bothering the weaver. She kept shooing it away and said, ‘If you don't go away I'll put you in my basket.’ And now look, there you see it.“

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