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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 145

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et for a short distance, then for a timefollowing the horizontal ridges, and again ascending, the completeresult being a series of zigzag rays set very close togethei. These raystake an oblique turn to the left, and the dark figures at the angles, fromthe necessities of construction, form rows at… … FIG. 154. PIMA COILED BASKET WITH ORNAMENT ARRANGEDIN ZIG-Z.\G RAYS. Two strongly marked, fret-like meanders encircle the vessel, theelements of which are ruled exclusively by the warp and woof, by theradiate and the concentric lines of construction. This is the work ofthe Pima Indians of Arizona.…

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