A study of the textile art in its relation to the development of form and ornament (1888)
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933, Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956. fmo, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. fmo, Huntington Free Library. fmo · Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 45
owed, perhaps, from mythologic art. This is true of much of the coiled basketry of the Moki In- dians. True, many examples occur in which the ancient or indig- enous geometric style is preserved, but the majority appear to be more or less modified. In many cases nothing can be learned from a study… … Fig. 328. Coiled tray with geometric devices probably modified by ideographic association. Moki work—J. 326 and 327. I shall expect, however, when the art of these peoples is better known, to learn to what particular mythic concept these mixed or impure geometric devices refer. The same is true of…
Textile fabrics · Decoration and ornament · Indians
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