Pauline Quiyo, Hopi Second Mesa Basket Maker

Artist Pauline Quiyo (Quayo) is a Hopi Pueblo basket maker who has been active since the 1970s. Gregory Schaaf’s American Indian Baskets 1: 1,500 Artist Biographies refers to Pauline Quiyo as a “master weaver.”  She is an Eagle Clan member and from the Hopi village of Mishongnovi.  Her preferred basketry forms are plaques (“poota”) and bowls (“wukopotasivu”).

Artist Image Source: Pauline Quiyo, Hopi Second Mesa Basket Maker - page 67 of Gregory Schaaf’s American Indian Baskets 1: 1,500 Artist Biographies.  Photo by Allan Nelson.

Relative Links: Hopi Pueblo, Native American Baskets