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Reed and raffia construction work in primary schools; a practical manual especially for primary-kindergarten teachers ..

Shults, Mary A. [from old catalog] · 1904 · Manistee, Mich., American kindergarten supply house, J. H. Shults · 34 pictures

A 1904 teaching manual by Mary A. Shults, published in Manistee, Michigan, showing primary and kindergarten teachers how to weave reed and raffia baskets and mats with schoolchildren. The 35 line drawings are heavy pen diagrams of weaving steps — spoke crosses, braided rims, coiled stitches, woven squares — usable as texture motifs, craft iconography, or instructional-diagram borders.

Weaving · Basket making

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0