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 271
-man collection. They are mainly made on Yakutat Island and are ofgreat beauty. The shape is unvaried, being round, rarely flaring, butof many sizes. Spruce roots and grasses in the dull natural green ordyed brown and black were originally used. But the Indian of to-dayloves not the labor of… … FIG. 349. ALASKAN BASKETS, MADE ON YAKUT AT ISLAND, IN THE FROHMAN COLLECTION. APPENDIX. 261 in the original lovely old browns over which the genuine connoisseurraves and rhapsodizes. Many of these baskets are of a small size, convenient for the holdingof household or personal treasures, and they…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
