This is my favorite reference on Hopi baskets and basketmakers. Helga Teiwes is well aquainted with the subject and her clear, concise writing style and beautiful photographs are a pleasure to see!

Cecil Calnimptewa, Ronald Honyouti, Loren Phillips, Dennis Tewa and Wilmer Kaye ... they're all in this book, plus 22 other top Hopi carvers. Need I say more! Author/photographer Teiwes begins by tracing the life, history and religion of the Hopi and brings the reader to the doorstep of 1991 (the publication date). 24 color photos serve as the central focus of the book, but the final 63 pages which profile the 27 carvers is what really "makes" it. My copy is in paperback. I assume the hardback foremat is the same. Pick up a copy; you'll thoroughly enjoy it!!!

This is one of the very few publications available about Mission San Xavier Del Bac - except for tourist literature. Helga Teiwes is both a writer and an accomplished photographer. The mission is located about seven miles from Tucson and is considered to be one of the finest examples of mission architecture in the United States.

The mission's foundation has been dated back to 1700. The mission was completed in 1797 and restored in 1906 and again in 1984.