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How to make baskets (1911)

White, Mary, 1869-, Doubleday, Nelli Blanchan De Graff, Mrs., 1865-1918 · Doubleday, Page and co. · leaf 246

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orn is a staple article of food amongseveral tribes, but before it is fit for the humanstomach it must first be boiled. How is the In-dian, who has no pottery and who never saw aniron kettle, to boil her food ? In California thereare still to be seen a few squaws cooking in water-tight baskets… … < ^ in .< Q o tn 4) > re ^ W u T3 u 1) I/) re u si < ^ hj ^ P-, Pi 1J K -O « 4J < — -ac X w <n «J 8 bt £ 0, * ia p a <o WHAT THE BASKET MEANS TO THE INDIAN I$I grasses, colored with natural dyes, and stems ofthe maiden hair fern, the whole often representingweeks of work. Ages before people had…

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