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Practical and artistic basketry (1904)

Tinsley, Laura Rollins, Mrs · New York, The A. S. Barnes company · leaf 25

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ld be pleased to hear of anysatisfactory results along these lines. EXPLANATION OF PLATE L No. I. The Klikatat Indians live inland,south of Mt. St. Helens, and belong to theSabaptin family. There are but few of the older women whoare now making baskets, and who wonders,when he reads the description… … Materials. 23 and cedar trees; it was macerated and torn intothread-like shreds, and soaked for weeks andmonths in water to rid it of any superfluousvegetable matter and to render it strong andpliable. The ornamentation is almost all madeof Xerophullum Tenax, which is commonlycalled squaw-grass. It…

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