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 136
n as the datumpomtinthe development of a great system of decoration whose dis-tinguishing characters are the result of the geometric textile construc-tion. Primitive work was plain in weave, simple and unembellished, andconsequently, wholly geometric and extremely monotonous. As intelligence and… … FIG. 134. SURFACE EFFECT OF TWINED LATTICE COMBINATION IN BASKET OF CLALLAM INDIANS OF WASHINGTON. With the introduction of color and its addition to either simple orcomplex weaves an added impetus to this development was givenHence we may broadly classify the ornamentation of basketry into…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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