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 298
ly, hitherto useless material is convertedinto a financial benefit, which is a new and direct gain to the commu-nity. There are few really useless things under the stm, and the history ofall commercial growth is largely the detailing of how the useless wasconverted into the useful by invention,… … FIG. 8. SWALE GRASS TRAY, DESIGNED ANDMADE BY GERTRUDE ASHLEY, DEERFIELD, MASS. mined the settlement of a tribe of people. The Chemehuevis, for in-stance, have a tradition which clearly points in a measure in that direc-tion. We know that among civilized races habitat is largely determinedby…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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