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 122
STITCHES OF INDIAN BASKETRY. Ill woman sincerely believes that if she closes this representation ofshipapu she will render it impossible for any more Paiutis to be borninto this upper world. This is the primal significance of the design,and the only one known to its maker. The hole is not made by… … FIG. 110. COII.ED BASKET AND LID FROM UPPER lOGYPI. NIBIA. There may be, however, some color for the idea of this being anescape hole for evil spirits if one considers the remarks of the Nava-iioes, from whom most of these baskets are obtained. Believing thatthere are evil spirits in the…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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