The Art of Native American Basketry
Subtitle: A Living Legacy (Contributions to the Study of Anthropology)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: April 10, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780313267161
Subjects: Art of indigenous peoples; Spinning & weaving; Textile arts; Native American Art; Weaving; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; The Americas; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Antiquities; Indian baskets; Indians of North America; North America; United States
First sentence: Although Native American basketry had been observed, described, and collected from the time of earliest contact, it was not until the late nineteenth century that baskets were studied in a systematic and scholarly fashion.