The meanings

Every basket, along with the symbols or design on the basket, has a meaning. The meaning might be apparent or maybe the weaver is the only one that knows the meaning to the design. The designs may have been something they saw or it could have been in the weaver imagination. For example, the weaver of the basket to the right might have lived by the mountains or just saw the mountains for the first time. There are many possibilities on why the design looks like there are mountains on the basket but there is most likely a story behind the design.