American Indian Basketry Contributor(s): Mason, Otis Tufton (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486257770 ISBN-13: 9780486257778 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 Annotation: Exhaustive, standard survey of baskets and their makers, from Alaska to South America. Describes uses -- in defense and war, dress and adornment, fine art, preparing and serving food, gleaning and milling, house-building and furniture, their symbolism in mortuary customs and much more. 460 illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Crafts & Hobbies | Weaving & Spinning - Crafts & Hobbies | Baskets - History | Native American |
Dewey: 746.412 |
LCCN: 88014977 |
Series: Native American (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (2.00 lbs) 800 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |