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 209
strained contact with nature, hisperceptive faculties were aroused and highly developed by the verystruggle for existence. He was compelled to watch the animals, inorder that he might avoid those that were dangerous and catch thosethat were good for food; to follow the flying birds that he might… … Figs. 2Sj-2S6. Design on Salish Basket,showing conventionalization. Fig. 284. Suggestion of designfor pottery from basketry. only with such simple things as the movements of the polar constella-tions and the retrograde and forward motions of the planets, but alsowith the less known spiral movements…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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