How Indian Baskets are Made
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A 1900 magazine article describing how Pomo Indian women of northwestern California make baskets. It covers the three classes of baskets (burden, domestic and decorated 'family jewels'), the willow, slough-grass root, redbud, fern and tule materials, the coil weave, decorative designs and feather and bead embellishment. Illustrated with photographs of storage baskets, burden and baby baskets, sifters, fish traps and domestic baskets.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1900
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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