An Interesting Old Weaving Technic
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A short note from 1911 describing a remnant technique of wrapped weaving found among the Pima of southern Arizona, in which a pliable binding element is wrapped over parallel slats of saguaro cactus rib. It describes three variations, including lattice wrapping, in which a perpendicular slat is added for strength. The author speculates that this simple technique may be among the earliest basketry methods and notes similar wrapping in the Malaysian Islands, the Lower Congo, Mexico, and several Native American groups of the north.
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- 1911
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- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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