We will begin small twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule (Schoenoplectus americanus) known as "sweetgrass" among native weavers in the Pacific northwest. As well as being fragrant, ...

Red cedar bark twined basketry is a distinctive Tsimshian art form. With the passing on of elder master artists and the demands of contemporary lifestyles, it became at risk. A handful of weavers ...

"This Dover edition, first published in 1971, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Whedon & Spreng Co., Los Angeles, in 1903"--Title page verso. NMAI copy 39088016957797 ...

The art of basketry, which had its beginnings with early man when they were made for belongings, food or babies, is something traditional and modern; craft and fine art. Britain and Japan have very ...

OLYMPIA — With prayer and song, tribal members from around the region Saturday named and blessed the first known hand-twined mountain-goat-hair blanket made in Puget Sound country in generations. The ...