Indian Basketry: Varieties, Designs, and Symbolism of Native American Basketry

Native American basket weaving is an intricate and highly effective artwork, consultant of the legends and ceremonies of the Indian nations and their cultures. George Wharton James’s Indian Basketry is a useful support for the artist, designer, craftsman, or newbie who needs to recreate genuine and sometimes extinct basket varieties and ornamental motifs of the Native American peoples.

Crammed with 355 illustrations and pictures of Native American basket weavers taken on the flip of the 20th century, this pioneering research—first revealed in 1901—offers in-depth details about particular facets of Indian basketry, together with:

• Its position in legend and ceremony

• The origins of varieties and designs

• Supplies and colours used

• Weaves and stitches

• The symbolism and poetry woven into every basket

• Preservation

• Suggestions for the collector

• And way more!

From Yolo ceremonial baskets to Oraibi sacred trays,
Indian Basketry traces the origin, growth, and basic ideas of the basket designs of the main Indian tribes of the southwestern United States and Pacific Coast, together with feedback on the basket weaving of quite a few different North American tribes.