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 109
ontrast to the simple andnatural forms of the Pomas. This is a Northern Pacific coast basket,and construction and use are sacrificed to a false idea of beauty. Shu-set. Among the Poma the shu-set is the most highly decor-ated of this type of weaving. Upon the pieces marked as belonging tothis type… … FIG. 92. POM.V SHU-SET AND Tr WK.WKS. method is always employed in the Ute basketry and as far south as thePueblo country. See Fig. 92. Dr. Hudson thus writes of shu-set: Beauty seems to have been theincentive in its conception, though baskets of this kind possess no un-usual shapes or uses. Their…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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