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
hes 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 by means of the knife univers-ally used (Fig. 67). The strips are kept… … FIG. fi9a.-YOKLT Uii.l. WKAVKKS. The club or mallet employed in hammering the elm wood is about20 inches long and has one end thinner than the other, so as to form ahandle. BASKET MAKING PEOPLE. 71
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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