This is a very nifty old book teaching the art of making baskets in the Indian way. The book was published in 1928 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. The book measures approximately 5 ¼ inches by 7 ½ inches and contains xi, 194 pages. The green cloth cover shows signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the spine area. The back board is bent slightly from the top to the bottom. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages show no signs of rips or tears. For the most part the pages show no signs of foxing. The front free end page shows some signs of foxing. The remaining pages appear to be clean. Exceptions noted, the over all condition of this book is near very good.

Content:

Preface

1. Materials, Tools, Preparation, Weaving
2. Raffia and Some of Its Uses
3. Mats and Their Borders
4. The Simplest Baskets
5. Covers
6. Handles
7. Work Baskets
8. Candy Baskets
9. Scrap Baskets
10. Birds Nests
11. Oval Baskets
12. The Finishing Touch
13. How To Cane Chairs
14. Some Indian Stitches
15. What the Basket Means to the Indian

Excerpt - Preface:
The twisting and weaving of Nature’s materials, grasses, twigs, rushes and vines, into useful and beautiful forms seems almost instinctive in man. Perhaps it came to him as the nest-weaving instinct comes to birds-for at first he used it as they do, in the building of his house. Later shields and boats were formed of wicker work, but how long ago the first basket was made no one is wise enough to tell us. To-day Indian tribes in South America weave baskets from their native palms, South African negroes use reeds and roots, while the Chinese and Japanese are wonderful workmen in this as in other arts and industries; but basketry has come down to us more directly through the American Indian. Generations of these weavers have produced masterpieces, many of which are preserved in our museums, and the young basket maker need not go on long pilgrimages to study the old masters of his craft. Here at last, as in England the value of manual training is being realized, and basketry is taking an important place...
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