White, Mary, 1869-, Doubleday, Nelli Blanchan De Graff, Mrs., 1865-1918 · Doubleday, Page and co. · leaf 183
turns overthe edge of the melonbasket. The one inthe picture is madeof heavy round rattanfor the edge, flat rat-tan for the spokes and handle, and narrow splint,such as is used by the Indians, for the weaver.The ten-inch spokes are first whittled to a gradualpoint at each end, a point from two and… … Fig. 28 OVAL BASKETS I4I whittled to a thin, flat point at each end. The piece of flat rattan which is to form the centre rib of the basket, as well as the handle, is passed through the slit in the twenty-one inch spoke (which is to formi the rim of the basket) and its ends are brought together,…
Basket making
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