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 349
es a single pieceof precisely the same technic from the kindred of the Apache on thelower Yukon. E. Rod and welt foundation.—.In this kind of basketry the single-rod foundation is overlaid by a strip or splint of tough fiber, some-times the same as that with which the sewing is done; at others… … HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. 67 serves for a welt has a double purpose—strengthening the fabric andchinking the space between the rods (fig. 76 E and fig. 80)._ This styleof coil work is seen on old Zuni basket-jars and on California examples.The type of foundation passes easily into forms…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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