White, Mary, 1869-, Doubleday, Nelli Blanchan De Graff, Mrs., 1865-1918 · Doubleday, Page and co. · leaf 240
wicker scoop, whose bowlis also a coarse sieve through which the dirt isshaken. Huge storage baskets, representing tensof thousands of stitches, are often as tall as a man,as symmetrical as a Greek vase, and they arelaboriously ornamented with symbolic designswhich convey whole volumes of meaning… … i4 < %* ■: ~ a! ? so 9 J ^ - y. ■-. WHAT THE BASKET MEANS TO THE INDIAN 187 and other grains on her return from natures mar-ket in the woods and fields. Every Indian woman is her own miller. Goingto a favorite rock, hollowed on its upper surface bymuch grinding, she places upon it a…
Basket making
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