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Indian basketry, and How to make Indian and other baskets (1903)

James, George Wharton, 1858-1923, James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 · Glorieta, N.M., Rio Grande Press · leaf 103

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ll; and to the northwere laid the whippoorwill feathers, with black beads and corn of allthe several colors. Moonev says that the symbolic color system of the Cherokees is •East—red—success : triumph. North—blue—defeat; trouble.West—black—death. South—white—peace; happiness. Black is pretty…

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