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 45
ered the necklaces; a secondattendant placed the basket before the invalid, who was now sittingin the center of the circle, and the first attendant assisted him in bath-ing the entire body with this mixture; the body was quite coveredwith the pine needles, which had become very soft from… … FIG. 29. NAVAHO SACRED BASKET. tree. The body of the invalid was dried by rubbing with meal. Thistaking out of the sands, pine needles, etc., used in the ceremony wassupposed to take away so much of the disease that had been washedfrom the invalid. Later in the day at another most elaborate…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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