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 297
III. CHOICE OF MATERIALS. Here, as elsewhere, the method of the Indian is the best to follow,if one -would get the real value out of basket making. Though tradeand barter were common with the primitive Indians, it was not to tradethat the weaver looked for her basket-making materials. She had… … FIG. 7. BASE OF BASKETS SHOWN IN FIG. 6.Courtesy Hyde Exploring Expedifion, New York. forth to Seek for splints, filling and dye. The Hopi found the willow,the yucca and a desert grass called wu-u-shi. The Mono found thewillow, the red bud, the squaw-grass, the root of the tule, the martynia.The…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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