American Indian Basketry

Otis Tufton Mason

Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 1988 - Crafts & Hobbies - 528 pages

Exhaustive, standard survey of baskets and their makers, from Alaska to South America. Describes uses — in defense and war, dress and adornment, fine art, preparing and serving food, gleaning and milling, house-building and furniture, their symbolism in mortuary customs and much more. 460 illustrations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: American Indian Basketry; Dover books on the American indians; Native American
• Author: Otis Tufton Mason
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 1988
• ISBN: 0486257770, 9780486257778
• Length: 528 pages
• Subjects: Crafts & Hobbies / Baskets; Crafts & Hobbies / Weaving & Spinning; History / Native American