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 170
he grasspanicles over the rim of the basket, causing the seeds to fall inside.When the basket becomes filled she takes it on her back, holding it inplace with her two hands brought over her shoulders, or by means ofa soft band of buckskin across her forehead. And he thus describes the gathering of… … FIGS. 209, 210. HOPI OR ZUNI GATHERING FIGS. 211, 212. BASKET FOR CARRYINGCRATE OR CARRYING BASKET. CACTUS (PRICKLY PEARS) USED BT THE DIEGUENOS (YUMAN) INDIANS OFSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. harvester beat out the nuts, raked oiif the cones, and gathered hercrop, which she carried on her back to a dry…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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