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 81
he mats are nearly white, others are colored dark redand sometimes black with native veeetal dves. The decoration is e.ffec- 70 INDIAN BASKETRY. tively produced in diamond and lozenge patterns, as well as in zigzaglines, both by color and by the weaving of the weft strips, the latterbeing… … WOVEN SMPPKK FOUND IN SALTPETER CAVE IN KENTrCKY. being from 3 to 4 inches in diameter (Fig. 65); these are thoroughlyhammered with a wooden mallet (Fig. 66) until the individual layers ofthe branch are detached from the layers immediately beneath. Theselayers are then cut into thin narrow strips…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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