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The Basketry and Basket Weaving Historic book collection is a great resource for people interested in the art and technique of basket making as it was practiced from the late-1800s to the early 20th century. The 31 books in this collection are a fascinating look at the beautiful creations made by Native American basket weavers along with a wide array of patterns and instructions to let you make a variety of wonderful basket designs for yourself. This heavily illustrated collection will be an excellent addition to your reference collection and provides numerous examples of of high quality work that you can use for study or as guides for your own projects.
All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.
- Indian basket weaving (1903) - Navajo school of Indian basketry - 116 pages
- Weaving with paper rope (1922) - 40 pages
- Full instructions in the art of crepe paper rope basket weaving (1922) - 50 pages
- Basketry and weaving in the school (1904) - Pasch, Katharine - 36 pages
- The basketry book; twelve lessons in reed weaving (1914) - Blanchard, Mary Miles - 180 pages
- Raphia and reed weaving, including also cardboard and paper construction; a practical course for primary and elementary schools (1901) - Knapp, Elizabeth Sanborn - 140 pages
- Reed and raffia construction work in primary schools; a practical manual especially for primary-kindergarten teachers .. (1904) - Shults, Mary A. - 52 pages
- Cane Basket Work: A Practical Manual on Weaving Useful and Fancy Baskets (1901) - Annie Firth - 139 pages
- The basket maker (1909) - Turner, Luther Weston - 72 pages
- Practical and artistic basketry (1904) - Tinsley, Laura Rollins - 147 pages
- How to make baskets (1915) - White, Mary; Doubleday, Nelli Blanchan De Graff, - 258 pages
- Indian basketry. With 360 illustrations (1902) - James, George Wharton - 280 pages
- Inexpensive basketry (1912) - Marten, William Samuel - 52 pages
- More baskets and how to make them (1903) - White, Mary - 200 pages
- The pine-needle basket book (1911) - McAfee, Mary Jane - 52 pages
- A portfolio of designs for raffia basketry (1918) - Ashley, Gertrude Porter - 40 pages
- Practical basket making (1914) - James, George Wharton - 136 pages
- Practical basketry (1916) - Gill, Anna A - 216 pages
- The Priscilla basketry book a collection of baskets and other articles with lessons for working and directions for dyeing and staining (1911) - Fitzgerald, Sallie Garrison - 26 pages
- Raffia basketry as a fine art (1915) - Ashley, Gertrude Porter; Ashley, Mildred Porter - 73 pages
- How to make Indian and other baskets (1903) - James, George Wharton - 161 pages
- Basket making .. (1902) - Morse, T. Vernette - 44 pages
- How to make paper mach� baskets (1907) - Klatt, Herman - 32 pages
- Priscilla juniors' basketry book; (1914) - Fitzgerald, Sallie Garrison - 36 pages
- Pomo Indian baskets and their makers (1902) - Purdy, Carl - 56 pages
- Indian basketry, and How to make Indian and other baskets (1909) - James, George Wharton - 284 pages
- Aboriginal American basketry: (1904) - Mason, Otis Tufton; Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon) - 880 pages
- Basket-work of the North American aborigines - 158 pages
- Basket designs of the Indians of northwestern California (1905) - Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis) - 78 pages
- Alaska basketry (1917) - Cavana, Violet Virginia - 56 pages
- Basketry designs of the Indians of Northern California (1902) - Dixon, Roland Burrage - 122 pages
Here are some images from a few of the books:
This CD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many books on this CD are searchable and printable.