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 158
rms have their motif in the uses to which design oraccident led them. Fig. 171 is a representation, from Hariot, of a fish-weir made ofcrude basketry and used in prehistoric and later times in Virginia.Slender poles set in the shallow water were held in place by wattlingor interlacing of pliable… … 1 FIG. 172. CONICAL SHAPED BASKET OP THOMPSON INDIANS. ones of the same kind serve, for holding sewing materials and trinkets.Their lids slide up and down on a string, which at the same time servesas a handle. Recently the lids have been hinged to the baskets. Themost common kind of basket is the…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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