Description
Book SynopsisDescribes the history and context of Native American basketry with full-color photographs. This book presents baskets from major geographic region of North America, with examples from the Chocktaw, Panamint Shoshone, Salish, Ojibwa, and others. It includes baskets from 88 tribes, almost all of the basket-making tribes in North America.
Trade Review" ... you can be assured of an interesting and factual read as well as a feast for the eyes!"--Jrnl for Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers, March 2007
Table of ContentsForeword / Chief Phillip Martin
Director's Statement / George Bassi
Catherine Marshall Gardiner: A Lifetime of Journeys / William Ashley Harris
Baskets of the Southeast / Betty J. Duggan
Baskets of the Southwest and Great Basin / Joyce Herold
Baskets of California / Joyce Herold
Baskets of the Plateau, Northwest Coast, Subarctic, and Arctic / Dawn Glinsmann
Baskets of the Northeastern Woodlands / Stephen W. Cook
Appendix A: Complete Checklist of Native American Baskets in the LRMA Collection / Compiled by Jill R. Chancey
Appendix B: Catherine M. Gardiner's Correspondents / Compiled by Lance S. Harris
Works Cited and Further Reading
About the Contributors
Index
