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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 30

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upon the other (Fig. 10),and as soon as the desired size was attained, loosened the bowl fromthe basket and thus provided herself with a new utensil. In conse-quence of the difficulty experienced in removing these bowl-formsfrom the bottom of the baskets—which had to be done while theywere still… … FIG. 11. BASKET BASE MOLDFOR COILED POTTERY. FIG. 12. FIRST FORM OFTHE VESSEL. The other primitive method followed was one that is still practicedby all the pottery makers of the South-west. It is an imitation ofbasketry methods; not a moulding upon baskets, but an applicationof coiled methods of…

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