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Indian Basketry
A turn-of-the-century study of the basketweaving among America's Southwest and Pacific Coast Indians, includes descriptions of construction methods and techniques
Indian Basket Weaving
The methods of Indian basket weaving explained in this excellent manual are the very ones employed by native practitioners of the craft. Members of the Navajo School of Indian Basketry have set down their secrets in clear and simple language, enabling even the beginner to create work that can rival theirs in grace, design, and usefulness. The text begins with basic techniques: choice of materials, preparation of the reed, splicing, the introduction of color, principles and methods of design, shaping the basket and finishing. A great variety of baskets and weaves from many cultures are described in subsequent chapters, such as Lazy Squaw, Mariposa, Toas, Samoan, Klikitat, and Shilo, each acco...
American Indian Basketry
The origins of basketry are lost in the mists of prehistory, but making baskets is certainly one of the oldest and most nearly universal crafts of mankind. In the Americas, basket artifacts found in caves in Utah have been dated at 7000 B.C., while twined baskets said to be at least 5,000 years old have been uncovered in Peru. In the American Southwest, an entire Indian culture (ca. 100–700 A.D.) is known as "Basket Maker" because of the distinctive baskets it produced. This exhaustive survey (two volumes in one) of American Indian basketry, perhaps the finest book ever published on the subject, documents basketmaking throughout the Americas — in Eastern North America, Alaska and the Pac...
Southwestern Indian Baskets
A complete and comprehensive history of the craft of basket-making. Includes a discussion of the concept of basketry as a form of art.
Indian Basket Weaving
This special edition of 'Indian Basket Weaving' was written by the Navajo School of Basketry, and first published in 1903, making it well over a century old. The book features chapters on General Directions for Weaving, Continuous Coil Basket, Lazy Squaw Weave, Klikitat Weave (Imbricated), Man-Tsu-Wu Weave (Three Bam), Bird-Cage Weave, Polish and Wood Stains for Rattans, and more. The book expertly explains and illustrates the many weaves and stitches popular in traditional Native American Basketry. A fantastically knowledgeable old book on traditional Native basket-making and a great read, not only for those starting out in Basketry, but also for crafters already skilled Basket-Making too. ...
A Basket-maker Cave in Kane County, Utah
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