Indian Basketry
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A 1901 magazine article by George Wharton James surveying Native American basketry of Nevada, the Southwest, California, and the Pacific coast. It describes the cultural and ceremonial roles of baskets and the materials, coiling and twining techniques, border stitches, colors, and symbolic designs of the Paiute, Washoe, Hopi, Apache, Pima, Pomo, Yokut, Aleut and other peoples. It is illustrated with halftone photographs of baskets and weavers, including Dat-so-la-lee, Kuchyeampsi and Ramona.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1901
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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