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 144
FIG. 152. YOKUT COILED BASKET WITHENCIRCLING BANDS OP ORNAMENT INWHITE, RED AND BLACK UPON A YEL-LOWISH GROUND. lines. Although these figures are purely geometric, it is not imposs-ible that in their position and grouping they preserve a trace of so-meimitative conception modified to this shape by… … FIG. 153. PIMA COILED BASKET WITHTWO BANDS OF MEANDERED ORNA-MENT. In Fig. 152 I present a superb piece of work executed by the Indiansof the Tule River, California. It is woven in the closely impacted,coiled style. The ornament is arranged in horizontal zones and consistsof a series of diamond…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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