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 207
t work, and where wasthe end? With the Indian there is no end. Her symbolism to-day iswonderful in its profound meaning. There are mythology, religion, wor-ship, poetry and history all woven with busy brain and tireless fingersinto baskets which the unversed regard as mere examples of crude… … FIG. 2S1. FIG. :;S2. inal woman and having eyes have seen not, ears have heard not, thesweet sights and sounds that were awaiting the simple and the loving. To the common people of the dark, middle ages, the cathedralsand public buildings were books in which they read many and wonder-ful things…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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