The Basket of Anita
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A short story from Scribner's Magazine set in southern California, about Elsa Loring, a convalescent Easterner who collects Indian baskets, and Manuelo, her devoted young Mexican guide. Manuelo sells his guitar to buy the legendary scarlet-feathered basket of old Anita from a passing artist, only to learn that the artist is Elsa's fiancé. The text is fiction; baskets appear as collectors' objects, with passing mention of woodpecker-feather decoration and patterned weaving but no technical instruction. Illustrations show baskets with geometric patterns.
- Type
- Other
- Date
- August 1890
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 11
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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