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 50
celebrated basketis seldom made by any other than a Paiuti. Among many tribes baskets are used for placing food at the gravesof the dead. The Hopi believe that departed spirits linger aroundtheir own graves, and with a pathetic simplicity, that is as beautifulas it is useless, their mourning… … PIG. 32. ANTELOPE ALTAR, SHOWING KOHONINO BASKET IN WHICH CHARM LIQUID IS MADE. FIG. 33. Jr-KAYINU AT THESHRINE OF THESPIDER WOMAN. the Hopi villages, graves are seen where the burials are in clefts ofthe rocks, which are then filled up with large stones. Upon these arethe baskets and crockery…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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