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The Art of Native American basketry : a living legacy

Author: Frank W Porter
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.
Series: Contributions to the study of anthropology, no. 5
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank W Porter
ISBN: 0313267162 9780313267161
OCLC Number: 20596036
Description: xii, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction / Frank W. Porter III -- Micmac Indian basketry / Joleen Gordon -- Many motives : change in Northeastern native basket making / Ann McMullen -- Basketry of the Middle Atlantic and Southeast / Frank W. Porter III -- Plains Indian basketry : techniques and uses / Mary Jane Schneider -- Basketry of the Northwestern Plateaus / G. Lynette Miller -- Washoe basketweaving : a historical outline / Marvin Cohodas -- Southwestern Indian basketry / Clara Lee Tanner -- Weaver's talk, the language of baskets and the meaning of aesthetic judgments : the Patwin of Central California / Bruce Bernstein -- Changes in Cahuilla coiled basketry / Joanne M. Mack -- Hupa, Karok, and Yurok basketry / Linda L. Eisenhart -- Continuity and change in the basketry of Western Washington / Carolyn J. Marr -- Regional and personal style in Northwest Coast basketry / Andrea Laforet. Tlingit basketry, 1750-1950 / Ronald L. Weber -- Objects of knowledge : the communicative aspect of Baleen baskets / Molly Lee -- The influence of Attu weavers on Aleut basketry / Raymond L. Hudson.
Series Title: Contributions to the study of anthropology, no. 5
Responsibility: edited by Frank W. Porter III.

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