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 88
blackinstead of the grass, but it is not so durable owing to its short fibroustexture; or the willow bark itself is used instead of dyeing the grassbrown ; but the willow looks slightly shriveled, and neither presentsthe smooth surface as when made of squaws grass, although onlyapparent to the… … FIG. 78.—KLAMATH TRAY; SKOKOMISH BASKET; IDAHO POUCH OFCBDAR-ROOT AND GRASS; ALASKAN SIDDED BASKETS AND BAG.* arduous. The weary and toilsome climb to distant mountain tops, forrare and beautiful grasses that only adorn the face of nature in theselofty solitudes; the digging of certain tenacious…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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